Puzzling gender differently? Acomparative study of newspaper coverage in Austria, Germany and Switzerland

Puzzling gender differently; the title of this article may appear to be ambiguous, since it refers to at least two different factors. The first of these relates to varying gender representations within the German, Austrian and German-speaking Swiss cultures. In particular, the focus is on the differences in gender portrayals that are the result of different cultural contexts. The second element refers to my attempt to approach gender differences in a way that does not necessarily reproduce the established binary order of male–female. Moreover, I will also present some methodological reflections on how to work creatively with the category of ‘gender’ in empirical studies and how to puzzle gender differently.