Weekly column: Germans might speak neutral language, but do not understand gender

Two conservative groups within the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) published a brochure in which they oppose gender-neutral language in the Church. They even speak about the "genderisation" of the church.

Seven hours by car from Germany’s border to the East, terrible scenes have been playing out for weeks. The Belarusian dictator Lukashenko is using refugees from the Arab region to blackmail the European Union. And for a few days now, the situation has been coming to a dramatic head: soldiers and war equipment are being deployed, and the refugees are suffering from the cold.

*“We do not agree with the appropriation of our body”, “This is pure barbarism”, “This is women’s hell”, “I would rather abort my government”.* I read these slogans on my friends’ Facebook posts last autumn. And it was not so much the slogans that shocked me, as the fact who posted them.