Berlin will be hosting a conference discussing the changing roles of men, titled “Men’s Policies: Contributions to a Gender Equitable Society.”
German Family Minister Kristina Schröder explains her reasoning for hosting the event: “We have become so used the monopolistic claims of women’s rights activists on issues relating to gender equality that the idea of including boys and men to a greater degree in the debate has, in the best case, been ignored and in the worst case been branded as a betrayal of the goals pursued by the women’s rights movement.”
While it may be true that societal norms and stereotypes limit broadening roles for men at home, Schröder has been alienating German feminists by not stressing women’s rights as well in her quest for “gender equality.”
