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un-trouble

We are a group of 15 students from the Köln International School of Design (KISD, TH Köln) working on an exhibition that explores learned gender roles.
As part of this project, we are collecting anonymous perspectives, some of which will be shared in the exhibition as text or audio.

Roles are often assigned to us based on the gender we were attributed at birth – shaping what we’re allowed to do, what is expected of us, how we behave, and how we’re perceived. With these questions, we’d like to invite you to reflect on how such expectations and role models have influenced your life – in the past and today. This is not about how you define yourself, but about what has been (and is still) projected onto you – regardless of whether it fits you or not.

Optionally, you can share your thoughts with us as an audio file at the bottom of this page.

How old are you?

How old are you?
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A | What was it like for you as a child or teenager?
Were there things you were expected to do – or not do – just because others thought that’s how you were “supposed to be”?
(For example: clothes, hobbies, behavior, emotions…)

B1 | In which moments or situations do you become aware that a specific gender is being assigned to you?

B2 | What expectations do you feel today because of these roles?
Who are they coming from? How do you deal with them? And how does it make you feel?

B3 | In which areas do/did roles and expectations have the biggest influence on your everyday life? Choose 5 topics.

B3 | In which areas do/did roles and expectations have the biggest influence on your everyday life? Choose 5 topics.
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C | Are there specific situations where you feel like you have to pretend, act like someone you’re not, or wear a “mask”?
Can you describe these situations?

C | Are there specific situations where you feel like you have to pretend, act like someone you’re not, or wear a “mask”?Can you describe these situations?
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D | Imagine you could change the way gender roles are dealt with in our society – in school, at work, in your family, or out in public.
What would that world look like?

If you are unable to answer the questions in writing, feel free to share your perspective and thoughts with us as an audio file.

I agree that my responses may be used anonymously in the exhibition "un-trouble" – for example, as text or in the form of an audio recording.

I agree that my responses may be used anonymously in the exhibition "un-trouble" – for example, as text or in the form of an audio recording.