https://luxzenburg.org/tags/emancipation/Recent content in Emancipation on LuxzenburgHugoenTue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000https://luxzenburg.org/posts/europes-backward-hinterland/Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000https://luxzenburg.org/posts/europes-backward-hinterland/<blockquote> <p><em>This article was originally written on 22 April 2008 and published on blog.luxzenburg.org. It is republished here as a historical document and reflects the author&rsquo;s ideas at the time of writing.</em></p> </blockquote> <hr> <p>The Dutch like to think of the Netherlands as an enlightened nation — a beacon of civilisation in a sea of outdated, backward ideas. We were, after all, the first to give same-sex couples the right to marry, the first to legalise euthanasia. So we must be progressive! But is this really the case? Are we truly as emancipated as we think?</p>