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To: Neocon who wrote (187221)	9/27/2001 1:08:30 PM
From: asenna1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

I guess that's why Neo-Nazis are on the Far Right... Women from all walks of life now make up a third of the membership of some far-right groups in Germany as neo-Nazi organisations attempt to cement their power base, shed their male-dominated image, boost their social acceptance and move into the mainstream. Statistics from a number of states indicate an explosion in female membership across the country as well as an increase in women-only groups, or Kamaradschaften, such as the Free Girls' Union and Union of Homeland Loyalists, which aim to promote "pure Germany" and fight multiculturalism. The Thuringia branch of the BfV, charged with protecting the Constitution, and which monitors far-right groups, said that in less than a year the proportion of women in far-right groups in the eastern State had risen from 20 per cent to 30 per cent. Lower Saxony and Hessen reported figures of 20 per cent. "It appears that women are increasingly finding emancipation in the scene and taking advantage of this," said a BfV spokesman in Lower Saxony, Mr Rüdiger Hesse. "They are lured by the modern packaging of hatred towards foreigners." The Government has so far taken little interest in the rise of far-right women because they are rarely involved in the increasing number of violent attacks on foreigners. But the nationwide participation of females in far-right crime has increased from 4 per cent in 1996 to 6 per cent last year. Under Hitler, women were called on to support the Nazi cause by staying at home and producing children under the slogan Heim und Herd (home and the cooker). Now, in an attempt to attract young, modern women, the Young National Democrats, the youth wing of the NPD, the German Nationalist Party, which is represented in parliament, has sought to turn the traditional approach on its head, recently coining the phrase: "Nationalism is also a girl's concern." This week a documentary by Süddeutsche TV outlined for the first time the cult status of the so-called skingirl scene. The program visited Ehrenhausen, western Germany, where 18 per cent of people vote for far-right parties, and where Ms Doris Zutt runs Patriotentreff (Patriots' Haunt) one of 50 fashion boutiques in Germany where modern skingirls can get kitted out. On sale were cropped T-shirts bearing the slogans "White Power" and "My Boyfriend is German". To complete the image, perfumes with names such as Nationalist - "the spicy fragrance from the great Reich" - were on prominent display. One of the documentary's producers, Mr Rainer Fromm, said the women in the far-right were not all from underprivileged backgrounds. "They are lawyers, nurses, librarians and pianists, from working-class and middle-class backgrounds, broken and stable homes." The largest growth in interest was among 15- to 25-year-olds, he said. One of the new breed is 22-year-old Ms Melanie, from Dorsten, north of Essen, who, since joining the JN six years ago, has earned a reputation as one of the movers and shakers of the far-right. She finances a luxury apartment by writing articles for far-right publications, organising neo-Nazi events and building a "no to multiculturalism" Web site. With her short brown hair and ironed blue jeans, she admits she does not fit the skinhead mould. "The question of protecting nationality is also an issue for women, and I want to have a role in that, and for that I can dress as I like," she said. So strict is her rejection of anything non-German, she never drinks Coca-Cola, visits McDonald's or eats Turkish doner kebabs. The Guardian