Feminism: Power, Society, and Self

### The Question of Feminism: History, Politics, Society, and Psychology

Feminism addresses the historical and ongoing disadvantage of women in society. It begins with the recognition that women were long denied legal rights, political participation, economic independence, and control over their own bodies. From this starting point, feminism examines how inequality has been created and maintained through laws, institutions, social norms, knowledge production, and cultural practices—and how these structures shape everyday life and women’s internal experiences.
In this session, we will focus on the following topics:

1. Historical exclusion of women from legal rights, education, political power, and economic independence
2. Political regulation of women’s work, income, citizenship, and bodily autonomy
3. Social expectations surrounding motherhood, care work, and emotional labor
4. Psychological effects of gender norms, including self-confidence, ambition, guilt, and mental health
5. Social, medical, and political control of women’s bodies and sexuality
6. Marginalization and underrepresentation of women in science, education, and cultural production
7. Differences in women’s experiences shaped by class, race, migration background, disability, and age
8. Contemporary forms of discrimination against women in workplaces, healthcare, relationships, and public space

This will be an open and focused conversation grounded in historical realities, political structures, social practices, psychological experience, and intersectional perspectives. Together, we’ll reflect on how feminism connects material conditions, power relations, and inner lives—and why addressing all of these dimensions is essential for understanding and challenging women’s inequality today.
📅 Event Details
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 14 February 2026
⏰ Time: 14:00
📍 Location: Hardenbergstraße 10, 10623 Berlin
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