Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies - Volume 20, Issue 1, 2017

Abstract A hundred years ago, Dutch men won the fight for the vote. This revision of the constitution was a product of ‘pacification’ – a deal between confessional and liberal and social democratic parties. In historiography, the arrangement of women’s suffrage in 1917 is seen as, at best, a much less interesting historic fact than this victory of men. The new constitution granted women the right to be candidates, but wome Read More

Abstract In this contribution Bosch, sharply criticises Ewoud Engelen’s pamphlet De mythe van de gemaakte vrouw. Nieuw licht op het feminisme (The myth of the fabricated woman. New light on feminism, 2016), which he wrote at the request of debate center ‘Nieuw Licht’. Instead of an analysis of De Beauvoir’s relevance for contemporary feminisms, he gives us a generalising diatribe against ‘career feminists’ who are e Read More

Abstract In this article I investigate changing household labour relations and women’s work in the Dutch empire. I question how colonial connections affected the division of work between men, women, and children, not only in the colony – the Dutch East Indies (i.c. Java), but also in the metropolis – the Netherlands. Entanglements can be found in the influences of colonial economic policies on both colony and metro Read More

Abstract In Flanders (Belgium), less than half the students enrolling in university succeed. Previous research has linked this to students’ gender, socio-economic, migration, and socio-cultural background. However, most Flemish studies focus on study success in the first year of university. Additionally, the research investigates the effects of socio-demographic and educational background of students, but in an additive way Read More