In recent years, issues of gender and sexuality have become a political battlefield on which far-right, religious and conservative actors wage their war against liberal and left-wing ideas, as well as emancipatory movements. 'Anti-Gender' crusades, which had originally been launched by the Vatican, deeply impacted societies and politics especially as these discourses were adopted by the secular far-right. Campaigns against sexual and reproductive rights, against gender equality and sexual diversity were waged from Russia to the United States and from Latin America to Japan.
This new book brings together research and analyses from five continents in order to promote a global perspective on the thoroughly global phenomenon of the current culture wars around sex and gender. The contributions show how transnational networks spread discourses, which were developed in the Global North, and how theybecome re-articulated in different national, political and religious contexts.
AcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Global Perspectives on Anti-Feminism - Stefanie Mayer and Judith GoetzPart I: Global Patterns of Contemporary Anti-Feminism 1. The XXI Century Crusade against Democracy in Latin America: ‘Gender Ideology’ at the Frontline - Gabriela Arguedas-Ramírez2. ‘Comprehensive Sexuality Education is Satanic’: Homosexuality, Politics, and Christian Nationalism in Ghana - Regina Fuller3. The Backlash against Feminist Body Positive Activism in Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan: a Transnational post-Soviet Trend? - Katharina Wiedlack and Iain Zabolotny4. A European Agenda? The Supra-National Dimension of Anti-Feminism in Europe - Stefanie Mayer and Judith Goetz5. Weak Men and the Feminisation of Society: Locating the Ideological Glue between the Manosphere and Far-Right - Simon Copland Part II: Introduction: Local Articulations of Global Anti-Feminism 6. ‘Original Design’ and the Renewal of Patriarchy. Discipleship and Religious Politicisation in an Evangelical Church in Quito (Ecuador) - Cristina Vega7. The Anti-feminist Narrative of the Hindu Right in India - Hira Naaz8. Queers and National Anxiety: Discourses on Gender and Sexuality from Anti-Gender Backlash Movements in Japan since the 2000s - Kazuyoshi Kawasaka 9. Anti-Feminism in the Context of Corona Conspiracy Theories in Germany - Mareike Fenja Bauer 10. South African Anti-feminism: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Opposition to South African Feminist Activism - Amber Beeson Concluding Remarks: Global Articulations of Anti-Feminism - Judith Goetz and Stefanie Mayer Abstracts
Judith Goetz holds degrees in Comparative Literature and Political Science and is currently pursuing a Ph.D position in the Department for Education at the University of Innsbruck. She is also a member of FIPU (Research group ideologies and policies of inequality, www.fipu.at ) and the German Research Network 'women and right-wing extremism'. Her interests and research focuses on right-wing extremism and women* / gender and anti-feminism. Most recently, she co-edited the anthologies (in German) Right-wing Extremism as a Challenge for Journalism (2021) and Continuities of the Stigmatisation of 'Asociality': Perspectives of Socio-critical Political Education (2021). Stefanie Mayer is a Researcher at Institute of Conflict Research (Institut fr Konfliktforschung) in Vienna, Austria. She previously worked in research projects on a number of topics, including the history of migration discourses in Austria, intersectionality in feminist activism and feminist theory and right-wing populist (online) discourses. Her English-language publications include with Ajanovic, Edma and Sauer, Birgit (2020), Man, Woman, Family. Gender and the Limited Modernization of Right-Wing Extremism in Austria.
Reviews for Global Perspectives on Anti-Feminism: Far-Right and Religious Attacks on Equality and Diversity
Global Perspectives on Anti-Feminism is a timely and important book. It shows how anti-feminist actors are networking globally, and how their discourses and programs transcend nation-state borders, coalescing into a global front against feminism, equality and diversity. The essays convincingly explore how myriad members of the far right and religious fundamentalists have together created a global anti-feminist complex. * Birgit Sauer, University of VIenna * A timely exploration of the rise of anti-feminist and anti-gender movements worldwide, spanning five continents and a dozen under-researched environments. This comprehensive volume, with contributions from diverse scholars, delves into the complex intersections between far-right ideologies, religious conservatism, and populist politics, offering valuable insights into a global anti-feminist phenomenon. -- Mariia Tepliakova, Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg * Austrian Journal of Political Science *
