In the Line of Fire: Sex(uality) and Gender Ideology in Brazil

Wasser, Nicolas; França, Isadora Lins

doi:10.3224/feminapolitica.v29i1.13

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“…Anti-gender movements also dispute-and recently with considerable success-the defining power and cultural norms of gender and sexuality. The current gender conflicts in the region confirm, quite clearly, that the discourse of "gender ideology" has been used to unite a morally motivated front of different extremist political actors, religious and secular, of the conservative camp (Facchini and Sívori 2017; Miskolci and Pereira 2018;Wasser and França 2020).…”

Section: Confronting Hate Speechmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…The massive use of social media to spread the discourse of "gender ideology" and the concomitant moral damnation of LGBTs has proved to continually sharpen the country's political and social polarization (Machado and Miskolci 2019). Although this digitally driven and hate-centered form of violence is also entangled with structural violence, it differs in that it frames its targeted subjects as the representatives of an ideological conspiracy, putting together "communists", TV channels, teachers, artists, and whomever opposes the gender binary, heteronormativity, or the oppression of women (see also Wasser and França 2020).…”

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Violent Times, Rising Resistance: An Interdisciplinary Gender Perspective

Grisard¹

2022

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Section: Confronting Hate Speechmentioning

confidence: 88%

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confidence: 99%

Violent Times, Rising Resistance: An Interdisciplinary Gender Perspective

Grisard¹

2022

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“…640–643; Ganguly, 2020, pp. 194, 197; Heller, 2020, p. 605; for Brazil Wasser & Lins França, 2020, p. 139; for Hungary Pető, 2021).…”

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confidence: 98%

Sovereignty, Discipline, Governmentality, and Pastorate: The Ménage à Quatre of Contemporary Authoritarian and Right-Wing Populist Power

Vasilache

2023

Alternatives: Global, Local, Political

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This article deals with the role that different rationalities of power play in current authoritarian and right-wing populist governance. Referring to Foucauldian power theory, I will argue that power rationalities and practices in current authoritarian and right-wing populist rule are diverse and variable. I intend to show that various aspects of the sovereign, disciplinary, governmental, and pastoral types of power as outlined by Foucault play an important role in contemporary authoritarianism and right-wing populism. Thereby, this article pursues a twofold aim. On the one hand, the Foucauldian discussion of power in authoritarian and populist rationalities and practices should contribute to better understand current phenomena of new authoritarianism and right-wing populism. On the other hand, the following considerations should also provide a more detailed theoretical insight into the relation between, and compatibilities as well as incompatibilities of, the different types of power described by Foucault.

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“…However, a key element of his populist discourse was the use of machista, misogynistic, anti-feminist and anti-diversity messages. He accused his rival, Fernando Haddad, former Minister of Education from PT, of distributing a 'gay kit' to the schools that would teach how to be a homosexual to the children, as well as to distribute bottles in the shape of penises to kindergartens [69]. In a typical right-wing populist, machista style, Bolsonaro posed as the champion of 'the families', the strong man against the 'gender ideology', feminism and communism [70].…”

Section: Backlash In Brazil: 'Gender Ideology' As a Political Platformmentioning

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Anti-gender Populism in Latin America: The Cases of Mexico and Brazil

Dominguez Reyes,

Quintero Ramirez,

Sheibe Wolf

2023

Journal of Human Security

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Latin America has seen significant advances in both women's rights and gender equality in the last three decades thanks both to external pressures (since the Beijing conference in 1995) and the strength of the women's movements in the continent. However, these advances are being threatened by populist regimes and strong conservative and reactionary groups within civil society, especially among Catholic and Protestant churches. This kind of anti-'gender ideology' reactions is part of a backlash that slides in a scale from constant and structural discrimination to open reversals of gender equality previous gains. This chapter will try to illustrate how left and right-wing populism in the case of Mexico and Brazil, limit or setback gender equality gains in several areas, particularly regarding political parity and the fight against gender-based violence (GBV). We chose these two cases as we think they represent two sorts of backlashes, but also because they represent two examples of populism, different in their ideological positioning but not so different in their defence of patriarchal structures and support of family values.

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In the Line of Fire: Sex(uality) and Gender Ideology in Brazil

Cited by 4 publications

References 4 publications

Violent Times, Rising Resistance: An Interdisciplinary Gender Perspective

Violent Times, Rising Resistance: An Interdisciplinary Gender Perspective

Sovereignty, Discipline, Governmentality, and Pastorate: The Ménage à Quatre of Contemporary Authoritarian and Right-Wing Populist Power

Anti-gender Populism in Latin America: The Cases of Mexico and Brazil

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