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- Title
Weibliche Opfer, männliche Täter? Geschlechterrollen im »Sektendiskurs«.
- Authors
Neef, Katharina
- Abstract
Women are victims of male offenders - this is a common place not only in the apologetic literature concerning the threats of so-called sects to the average person. This paper examines how the religious other (i. e. new religious movements or minority religions) is discursively constructed, drawing a special focus on narratives of sex and gender. Therefore, texts about such religions are analysed and two models of stereotypes that are interconnected with gender norms are conveyed: a model of gender conformity and an inverted model. Both cognitive schemes pave the way for different modes of reacting to the religious other - intervention or sanction. These patterns are exemplified by cases from the early 20th century. It becomes clear that our cognition of other religions or social groups is massively structured and even influenced by the stereotypes of gendered modes of agency. By expecting to find female victims and male offenders, data threaten to be interpreted particularly. A deconstructive view on these stereotypes can raise our methodological awareness as to the deeper structures of our sources.
- Subjects
GENDER stereotypes; VICTIMS; RELIGIOUS movements
- Publication
Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte: Internationale Zeitschrift für Theologie und Geschichtswissenschaft, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 2, p364
- ISSN
0932-9951
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13109/kize.2019.32.2.364