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Some articles are rooted in everyday experiences, others are more academic and reflective. Some are personal, others take a systemic view. We want to make different perspectives visible side by side – and learn from them together.
How Self-Improvement Can Lead Teenagers Towards Harmful Gender Roles
A 16-year-old boy isn’t looking for misogyny. He’s looking for fitness, motivation, and self-confidence. Yet amid online content about building muscle, discipline, and dating advice, rigid ideas about what it means to be a “real man” can gradually creep in. The Sensibilisierung Initiative sees this shift as an underestimated challenge for media literacy education and prevention.
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How Social Identity Shapes the Start of School – and How Educators Can Respond
The beginning of a new school year is not only significant in terms of organisation – it is also a social new start. New groups form, roles are established, and a sense of belonging takes shape. Especially in these early weeks, many students (even if silently) ask themselves: “Who am I in this class?” – “How am I perceived?” – “Where do I belong?” A key concept that helps us understand these processes more clearly is that of social identity.
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