Gender Ideology: A Discourse That Threatens Gender Equality

Toldy, Teresa Martinho; Garraio, Júlia

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95687-9_86

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“…In this article, we employ the concept of anti-gender politics, which is indebted to earlier theorisations of 'opposition to gender+ equality', which has then coalesced into 'retrogressive mobilisation' against 'gender ideology' (Paternotte and Kuhar, 2018;Verloo, 2018;Toldy and Garraio, 2020;Graff and Korolczuk, 2022;Norocel and Băluţă, 2023). Such opposition has been theorised as a reaction against feminist politics and gender+ equality policy in a manner that aims to influence politics and policymaking in various nations (Verloo, 2018: 6).…”

Section: Anti-gender Politics: Theoretical Standpointsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Two clarifications are necessary here: one pertains to the ideological toolkit of anti-gender politics, namely, the appropriation of 'gender' and the crystallisation of a 'gender ideology' (Paternotte and Kuhar, 2018;Toldy and Garraio, 2020); the other concerns the forces that are part of such a 'retrogressive mobilisation' (Norocel and Băluţă, 2023). To begin with, several researchers have argued persuasively that the concept of 'gender', as it is used in anti-gender campaigns, should not be confused with the manner in which it has been proposed and developed in gender studies.…”

Section: Anti-gender Politics: Theoretical Standpointsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Anti-gender politics in Finland and Romania

Norocel

Pettersson

2023

European Journal of Politics and Gender

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This study examines the articulation of anti-gender politics in the parliamentary debates centred on two citizens’ initiatives in Finland and Romania. Although different in their endeavours (in Finland, supporting equal marriage rights; in Romania, attempting to legislate pre-emptively against them), these citizens’ initiatives resulted in significant defeats for the wider anti-gender campaigns in these countries. Examining closely the parliamentary debates ensuing these proposals, we evidence how anti-gender politics developed in ways specific to each examined polity and served as a key vehicle for different manners of retrogressive mobilisation, which bypassed left–right ideological cleavages and party loyalty. We scrutinise critically the discursive scenarios that coalesce in anti-gender politics in the two countries, and we map out both the commonalities and differences between the antithetic narrative scenarios, which hinge on the position of the child within a heteronormative nuclear family and the depiction of marriage equality as a harbinger of an impending societal collapse.

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