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Katholische Jugendarbeit und junge Frauen in Nordrhein-Westfalen 1945-1962 : ein Beitrag zur Diskussion über die Auflösung des katholischen Milieus
Verfasst von:
Ruff, Mark Edward
in:
Bonn:
1998
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263 - 284 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Ruff, Mark Edward |
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| Jahr: | 1998 |
| Sprache: | Deutsch |
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| Many historians and sociologists have, in recent years, examined the Catholic milieu in Germany - its origins in the 19th century and its erosion in the course of the 20th century. Few of these acounts, however, have used gender as a category with which to examine the Catholic milieu. The erosion of the Catholic milieu, in fact, proceeded along the lines of gender, as well as of class and region. Catholic youth work, the theme of this article, provides an excellent mirror with which to examine the manner in which the Catholic milieu broke down. In the 1950s, the numbers of young women participating in Catholic youth work organizations in North Rhine Westphalia dropped off by more than 40 per cent, whereas the number of young men in such groups fell off by only 15 per cent. Although the upturn in female employment and the increasingly easy access to mass culture entertainment played a role in the decisions of young women not to participate in Catholic youth groups, many young women reacted negatively towards traditional conceptions of gender put forward by the church. In the course of the 1950s, some Catholic youth leaders called upon the clergy to lift and modify some of the restrictions that had been traditionally placed upon young women. In so doing, however, they ran up against the opposition of many members of the high clergy. Fundamental changes in the Catholic youth work for women, as a result, came too late in many parts of North Rhine Westphalia to avert a hemorrhaging of its membership. | |
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