Anti-feminist discourse: Far-right strategies and counter-strategies

Abstract

This panel investigates anti-feminist and anti-gender rhetoric in contemporary European politics, examining both its strategic deployment by far right actors and the prospects for counter-strategies. The papers analyse both overt anti-gender discourses that stigmatise women and LGBTQ+ people, as well as 'strategic liberal' framings - such as femo- and homo-nationalism - that instrumentalise progressive rhetoric on gender and sexuality to legitimase exclusionary politics, particularly on immigration. Across party communication, news media, and organisational settings, the papers examine how these discourses are constructed, circulated, and adapted, and identify potential sites to counter their normalisation.

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