American anti-feminist women: Comparing the rhetoric of opponents of the equal rights amendment with that of opponents of women's suffrage

Frenier, Mariam Darce

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“…Women have led anti‐suffrage campaigns (Marshall 1985; Thurner 1993), organised opposition to the U.S. Equal Rights Amendment (Frenier 1984; Marshall 1985) and taken part in contemporary forms of anti‐feminism (Steuter 1992; McRobbie 2011; DeKeseredy et al 2015). It is well documented that some young women offer widespread support for women’s equality with men while, concurrently, rejecting the label “feminist” (Buschman & Lenart 1996; Negra & Tasker 2007).…”

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Resistance and backlash to gender equality

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Dragiewicz

Pease

2020

Aust J Social Issues

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Resistance to efforts to advance gender equality is a common feature of social life, whether in workplaces and other organisations or elsewhere. In this article, we review the typical character, dynamics of and contexts for resistance to gender equality measures. Resistance is an inevitable, although undesirable, response to efforts at progressive social change. Backlash and resistance to gender equality take common forms including: denial of the problem, disavowal of responsibility, inaction, appeasement, co-option and repression. Resistance may be individual or collective, formal or informal. Pushback against gender equality measures comes more often from members of the privileged group (men) than the disadvantaged group (women). Resistance is a predictable expression of the defence of institutionalised privilege, but it is also shaped by widespread discourses on "sex roles" and "post-feminism," the methods adopted to advance gender equality and the contexts in which they take place. Understanding the character and dynamics of resistance and backlash is vital for preventing and reducing them.backlash, feminism, gender, masculinity, privilege | INTRODUCTIONEfforts to make progress toward gender inequality and end men's violence against women typically meet resistance, both individual and collective, formal and informal. Backlashresistance against progressive social changeis a common feature of the social world. When patterns of inequality and injustice shift, individuals and groups, particularly those advantaged by the status quo, resist. In this article, we explore the character and origins of resistance and backlash to

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Section: Features Of Backlash and Resistancementioning

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Resistance and backlash to gender equality

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Dragiewicz

Pease

2020

Aust J Social Issues

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“…Women's safety is routinely utilized to promote policy changes and frame public perceptions of policy problems. Yet, it is also routinely used to push against expanding non-discrimination policies, from protecting women in restrooms (Davis, 2017) to women in the voting booth (Frenier, 1984). The policy symbols utilized surrounding HB2 rhetoric focus on women as the victims, and those most likely to be harmed by the policy.…”

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Women and the rhetoric of safety: The impact of policy framing on attitudes toward discriminatory policies

Wemlinger

2020

Sexuality Gender & Policy

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The expansion of the rights for many in the LGBT community across the US along with the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court ruling has created a backlash in many states against the LGBT community. This backlash has recently been furthered by even more restrictive policy, reflected in North Carolina's HB2 act in 2016 eliminating the power of localities to provide more inclusive environments for the LGBT community through multiple policy mechanisms. The rhetoric surrounding these policies focus on the safety of women and children. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between gender and attitudes toward discriminatory policies. What impact does this framing have on a mother's attitudes toward LGBT policies? Utilizing US individual level survey data this study evaluates whether there are gender differences regarding attitudes toward restrictive gay and lesbian policy and a change in the success of these frames from 2008 to 2014.

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“…No século XIX, porém, este tema levantou inúmeras controvérsias, contando com a oposição tanto de homens quanto de mulheres. Como destaca Frenier (1984), analisando o contexto estadunidense, aqueles que se organizaram contra essa bandeira apresentavam uma retórica contraditória: ora declaravam que o sufrágio feminino seria perigosamente revolucionário, no sentido de que abalaria as estruturas da sociedade e traria sua ruína ao embaralhar os papéis dos homens e das mulheres; ora afirmavam que o voto feminino não faria qualquer diferença, uma vez que as senhoras não se interessavam por -ou não tinham capacidade de compreenderpolítica e apenas copiariam a escolha dos maridos.…”

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Misoginia como retórica política: o caso do movimento antissufrágio

Anjos

2020

Revista Ártemis

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Este artigo tem o objetivo de analisar os usos políticos da misoginia, tomando como delimitação temática a disputa pelo sufrágio feminino, ocorrida a partir do final do século XIX. Mais especificamente, serão examinadas três táticas empregadas naquele momento, nos Estados Unidos, na França e no Brasil, para incitar ódio em relação às mulheres que lutavam pelo voto: (i) separação entre mulheres boas e mulheres más e categorização das sufragistas na última classe; (ii) definição deste grupo como uma ameaça; (iii) uso de repressão simbólica à identidade coletiva das sufragistas. A utilização deste conjunto de procedimentos comprova que o discurso que ridicularizava as sufragistas, mais do que sexista e desrespeitoso, pode ser caracterizado como misógino, visto que colaborou para uma aniquilação simbólica daquele grupo de mulheres.

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American anti-feminist women: Comparing the rhetoric of opponents of the equal rights amendment with that of opponents of women's suffrage

Cited by 6 publications

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Resistance and backlash to gender equality

Resistance and backlash to gender equality

Women and the rhetoric of safety: The impact of policy framing on attitudes toward discriminatory policies

Misoginia como retórica política: o caso do movimento antissufrágio

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