{"id":77878,"date":"2026-09-29T09:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T07:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=landingpage&p=77878"},"modified":"2026-09-29T13:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:39:37","slug":"11-masculinity","status":"publish","type":"landingpage","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/landingpage\/11-masculinity\/","title":{"rendered":"#11 Masculinity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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\r\n \u2018Being gay is not a choice\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Dirk and Thomas came out to their families only recently. Today they live together as a couple. In an interview with our author, they talk about their path to an open life.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n \u2018I was a Hitler caricature from a bad Hollywood film\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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He used to march through the streets in a leather coat, carrying the Reich war flag, giving hate speeches and dreaming of the great revolution. Today Axel Reitz works in extremism prevention.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Thin on top <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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TikTok routines, rosemary oil, transplants: the market for hair-loss treatments is booming. Hair may be just hair in the end \u2013 but it’s never quite that simple.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Born to perform? <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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From engine to muscle, from horsepower to watts: a bike shop reveals how men relate to technology and status today \u2013 and whether anything has really changed.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n \u2018I want men to hug each other\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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More and more men are looking for role models who show their feelings. Valerio, Frank, Noah and Tom do just that. Four perspectives that show masculinity is something you can shape.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Old boys, old conflicts? <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Every year, the Coburger Convent draws thousands of fraternity members to Coburg. While some celebrate tradition, others criticise its all-male structures, its torchlight processions and the way it deals with its own history.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n The patriarchal obsession with virginity <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Older men’s fascination with teenage girls runs deep in our culture. The Wecker case recently brought it back into the headlines. Films, music and the internet fuel hypersexualisation \u2013 with far-reaching consequences.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Misogyny in the feed: when algorithms shape reality <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Misogynistic content spreads rapidly on social media. For many young women, it is no longer a digital phenomenon but part of everyday life. An investigation into quiet radicalisation, a lack of prevention and the consequences in real life.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Queer footballers: \u2018It can break a player very quickly\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Why no active Bundesliga professional has come out \u2013 even though clubs, associations and fans have long been flying the rainbow colours.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Masculinity can be deadly <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Women attempt suicide more often \u2013 and yet 71.5 per cent of people who die by suicide in Germany are men. A search for answers.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n \u2018You’ll never be a man\u2019 \u2013 or will you? <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Growing up in Afghanistan, Sajad never fitted the usual image of masculinity. Today he is looking for his own definition of it \u2013 and for the courage to reinvent himself.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n The social pull of masculinity <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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What does it mean to be a man today? On the pressure to conform, on uncertainty \u2013 and why simple answers are so seductive.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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What does it mean to be a man today?<\/strong> Our eleventh focus topic asks this question without expecting a simple answer.<\/p>\n

A man explains why being gay is not a choice. Queer professional footballers have their say, and one story explores the sentence: \u2018You will never be a man.\u2019<\/p>\n

It is about misogyny in the feed, the patriarchal obsession with virginity and the fact that masculinity can be deadly. But also about closeness: \u2018I want men to hug each other,\u2019 as one of the stories puts it.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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