Anti-feministische Mobilisierung in Europa. Kampf um eine neue politische Hegemonie?

Autor(en)

Birgit Sauer

Abstrakt

Over the past decade an anti-feminist movement has emerged not only in Europe, but also in the United States and Russia. Under the self-chosen label "Anti-Genderism", the movement has mobilized against gender equality policies (gender mainstreaming), gender and women's studies, and sexual difference (e.g. homosexual marriage). Recently, right-wing populist and extreme right-wing actors have also discovered the anti-gender discourse for the purposes of their own nativist and nationalistic propaganda. The article sheds light on the social and political causes of anti-genderist mobilization and locates its success in the comprehensive transformations of gender regimes, especially in so-called strong male breadwinner states such as Germany and Austria. The text argues that gender and sexuality play a prominent role in a new battle for political hegemony, albeit at different speeds and with varying thematic priorities across European countries. Utilizing a critical frame analysis of selected texts from the anti-gender actors, the article elaborates central arguments and shows that "gender" in the right-wing populist discourse works as an "empty signifier": very different topics of antagonistic right communication can be invoked with or against "gender" and incorporated into a strategy against "the privileged elites" and against the supposed "others". In this way the anti-gender discourse forms the basis of a "male identity politics".

Organisation(en)

Institut für Politikwissenschaft

Journal

Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Band

13

Seiten

339-352

Anzahl der Seiten

14

ISSN

1865-2646

Publikationsdatum

09-2019

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504014 Gender Studies, 506013 Politische Theorie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Sociology and Political Science

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/27875f46-c1d0-49f2-8a97-7a7cbb0a4030