Since gender mainstreaming was launched by the end of the 20th century to promote gender equality in policy making as well as universities and has since found its way into program plans as well as evaluations documents. Gender mainstreaming introduced a gender equality perspective and was introduced as a successor to implementation of affirmative or positive action in political decision-making. But has it challenged the gender distribution in a profound way? Has it changed the way Art History is being taught or has it rather been used as an alibi for neutralizing positive action?