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Young men - what do they think about gender and sexual diversity?

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding a three-year joint project at Fachhochschule Dortmund and Ruhr-Universität Bochum to investigate young men's attitudes towards gender and sexual diversity (LGBTI). Project leaders Prof. Dr. Katja Nowacki (FH DO) and Prof. Dr. Katja Sabisch (RUB) are using a qualitative interview study, standardized questionnaires and a large online survey to find out how boys and men aged 14 to 27 experience their own gender role and what attitudes they have towards girls and women, homosexuality and gender diversity (transgender and intersex).

The study participants are young men with and without a history of immigration. The project managers from the faculties of psychology/social work and gender studies/sociology are thus responding to the current social debate, which, at least since the attacks on women on New Year's Eve 2015/16, has attributed traditional and/or misogynistic attitudes to young Muslim men with a refugee and migrant background in particular. Using a mixed-method design of qualitative and quantitative research approaches, three different groups are therefore compared: young men without a history of migration, young men of Turkish origin from the second generation onwards and young men who have fled to Germany since 2014. Influencing factors such as socialization in the home country, the family of origin and peer groups are taken into account.

As a result, the need for action on values and norms will be identified for all three groups, which will be transferred into practice as prevention strategies against sexual violence and discrimination. To this end, the current project is already working together with various youth and refugee welfare institutions on a transdisciplinary basis in order to take into account findings from practical work in the implementation of the research and to ensure a direct transfer into practice.

The planned anthology is expected to be published in fall 2021:

• Nowacki, K., Sabisch, K. & Remiorz, S. (eds.) (in prep.): Young men in Germany - Attitudes of young men with and without a migration history towards gender and LGBTI. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
• Remiorz, S., Nowacki, K. & Sabisch, K. (in prep.): Attitudes and values of young men with and without a history of migration and flight in relation to gender and equality: Implications for society and social integration in Germany. In: A. Wonneberger et al (eds.). Migration and changing values. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.