Credits
Europe in 2050 – Shanna van Zanen & Linde Naber
Politics in the future – Cas Stuifbergen & Joep Bakker
Kind of jobs, labour and economy – Klaudia wojczuk & Xinru Kreijsig
Science – Jelmer Hooning, Teun Sombroek, Kevin Berkhout & Joep Haanen
Leisure time activities – Astrid Schouten, Nienke Heemskerk, Merel Koning & Finn Rijk
School – Femke Metselaar, Mariam Talim & Puck Groendijk
Environment – Tarannom Mehri, Carolien Oberink & Tijmen Hooning
Culture – Bas de Groot, Kuba Petynia, Mees ter Buurkes de Vries & Simon Hoedjes
Editors – Tarannom Mehri, Shanna van Zanen, Carolien Oberink & Linde Naber
Gender neutrality wasn´t always so fashionable
Gender neutrality through the years
In the year 2050 it´s the only thing we know: gender neutrality. If someone says ¨this is for boys you can´t
be wearing that¨ you´ll be looked at as if you´re crazy, and you are. But this now natural feeling thing hasn´t
been there for too long and has been a great step in the way of breaking through the patriarchy we have been
living in since the beginning of time. The gender stereotypes have almost been erased and this is so positive.
The typ e of clothes for boys and girls has emerged into one. Boys wear beautiful dresses and girls can wear
anything they want and aren´t restricted to the feminine dresses. One thing that is very common nowadays is
called the loose dress. It is not really a dress but just this loose piece that is connected to the shirt. It is worn
by both boys and girls and can be bought in any colour.
30 years ago this wouldn´t have been possible because of the thought that boys need to be strong and could
never look womanly in any way. Girls had to look sexy and the minute you looked boy-ish you were called a
tomboy or a lesbian. This restricted a lot of people trying to explore themselves, people who were trying to
figure out who they are without being pushed in a certain direction by society.
The change that has been made is certainly positive and caused a lot of peace of mind for a lot of people
who were struggling with themselves.