Rent, Power and Abuse at the University in Freiburg and its surroundings

An employee of the University of Freiburg secretly filmed hundreds of female students and staff members over a period of more than 15 years, in university rooms and restrooms as well as in an apartment he privately rented to female students. This is a clear case of criminal behavior, abuse of power, and sexual violence. The article criticizes how the matter was handled—both by state law enforcement agencies and the court, as well as by the university—and situates it within the broader context of the normalization of sexualized violence and its enablement by social inequality.