Formelles Gleichheitsdenken als Hydra in der Diskussion um Frauenquoten

Quotas for structurally disadvantaged groups have been discussed for around fifty years. The article analyzes the development and changes in this discussion. Even though a material understanding of equality has replaced a formal concept of equality to a certain extent, this is only superficially true. Formal equality thinking appears to be insurmountable – a hydra. In its final section the paper asks whether gender quotas are still a useful instrument in feminist struggles.