Bund katholischer Ärzte: Homeopathic Conversion Therapists in 21st Century Germany

Frontiers in Sociology ◽

10.3389/fsoc.2021.667772 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

Author(s):

Yannick Borkens

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Modern Germany ◽

Criminal Charges ◽

Tabloid Press

Even in modern Germany of the 21st century there is still homophobia and other intolerances towards different sexualities and genders. These are also evident in the presence of so-called conversion therapies, which are still offered although there are already legal efforts. Among those groups, the Bund katholischer Ärzte (Association of Catholic Doctors) is a unique curiosity. Although this group is no longer really active, it is currently moving into the German focus again due to criminal charges and reporting in the tabloid press. The aim of this publication is to bring the Bund katholischer Ärzte not only into a more scientific but also into a more international focus. Furthermore, it is an ideal example to show what strange effects homophobia can produce.

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Collecting Martial Art Knowledge on Paper in Early Modern Germany and China: The Examples of Paulus Hector Mair and Qi Jiguang and their Reading in the 21st Century

Martial Arts Studies ◽

10.18573/mas.101 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (9) ◽

pp. 86

Author(s):

Daniel Jaquet

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

21St Century ◽

Modern Germany ◽

Martial Art ◽

Early Modern Germany

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High price of the truth in statistics

Wiadomości Statystyczne. The Polish Statistician ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0014.6747 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

pp. 49-56

Author(s):

Bohdan Wyżnikiewicz

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Inflation Rate ◽

Authoritarian Regimes ◽

High Price ◽

The Real ◽

Ethical Attitude ◽

The Social ◽

Criminal Charges ◽

Soviet Russia ◽

Real Picture

One can expect that totalitarian and authoritarian regimes will infringe the independence of national statistical institutions. The outcome of the 1937 census in Soviet Russia disappointed Stalin, which led to the statisticians having been faced with repression. Similar cases, although very rare, can also be observed in democratic countries in the 21st century. Argentinian president's ineffective pressure to lower the inflation rate resulted in criminal charges against the person responsible for estimating the inflation rate in the Argentinian National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC). In 2018, the head of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) was prosecuted for sending true macroeconomic data that revealed the causes of the crisis in Greece to the Eurostat. The article shows what price statisticians have to pay sometimes for their diligent work which accurately reflects the economic and social reality. It has to be remembered that the work of statisticians is a civil service, where ethical attitude plays an important role. The aim of the article is thus to present instances of repression of staticians by certain countries’ state authorities for showing the real picture of the social or economic situation of a given country.

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