Gender as “Ebola from Brussels”: The Anticolonial Frame and the Rise of Illiberal Populism

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Conservatives oppose gender on three levels: as a concept, as an ideology or theory, and as a social practice and political project.

“Conservatives oppose gender on three levels: as a concept, as an ideology or theory, and as a social practice and political project (Case 2011;Favier 2015).”

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Many scholars point to the crucial role of religious institutions, especially the Vatican, in combating gender equality.

“Many scholars point to the crucial role of religious institutions, especially the Vatican, in combating gender equality (Buss and Herman 2003;Case 2011;Kuhar 2014).”

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CitizenGo had over 8 million registered users worldwide in December 2017.

“which in December 2017 had over 8 million registered users worldwide.”

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Antigenderists use the term 'culture war,' presenting themselves as peaceful and besieged and warning against the alleged violence of genderists.

“In fact, antigenderists also use the term “culture war,” presenting themselves as peaceful and besieged and warning against the alleged violence of genderists.”

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Antigender pundits consider biomedical intervention in the human body to be an extension of Malthusianism and eugenics, both of which they see as the foundation of contemporary transnational gender policies.

“Antigender pundits consider biomedical intervention in the human body to be an extension of Malthusianism and eugenics, both of which they see as the foundation of contemporary transnational gender policies (Nykiel 2014;Kuby 2015, 18-20).”

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Antigenderists promise to rejuvenate hegemonic masculinity and traditional fatherhood, which is why some masculinist movements, including Polish fathers' rights groups, have joined forces with antigender activists.

“Antigenderists promise to rejuvenate hegemonic masculinity and traditional fatherhood, which is why some masculinist movements, including Polish fathers' rights groups, have joined forces with antigender activists (Korolczuk and Hryciuk 2017).”

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The conservative version of the anticolonial frame equates gender egalitarianism with colonization and often compares it with twentieth-century totalitarianisms and global terrorism, or even the deadly Ebola virus.

“The conservative version of anticolonialism simply equates gender egalitarianism with colonization and often compares it with twentieth-century totalitarianisms and global terrorism, or even the deadly Ebola virus.”

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The terms 'gender' and 'gender ideology' have become empty signifiers, flexible synonyms for demoralization, abortion, nonnormative sexuality, and sex confusion, and they also stand for the ideology of global (neo)liberal elites.

“These terms have become empty signifiers, flexible synonyms for demoralization, abortion, nonnormative sexuality, and sex confusion (Mayer and Sauer 2017), but they also stand for the ideology of global (neo)liberal elites (hence the significance of the anticolonial frame).”

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Antigenderists effectively mobilize people gathered in existing national and local groups, churches, and political parties, and they are increasingly networking on the global level through international antichoice coalitions, organizations such as the World Congress of Families, and online petition platforms such as CitizenGo.

“Antigenderists effectively mobilize people gathered in existing national and local groups, churches, and political parties, and they are increasingly networking on the global level through international antichoice coalitions, organizations such as the World Congress of Families, and online petition platforms such as CitizenGo”

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The third element of antigenderism's ideological core is an alarmist vision of the global distribution of power: neo-Marxist globalists are said to have taken over the world by means of blackmail and manipulation masked by benevolent talk about public health and human rights.

“Third, they share an alarmist vision of the global distribution of power: neo-Marxist globalists are said to have taken over the world by means of blackmail and manipulation masked by benevolent talk about public health and human rights.”

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Eastern Europe is accorded a special place in this geography of gender, as a part of the world that was largely untouched by the sexual revolution.

“Again, Eastern Europe is accorded a special place in this geography of gender, as a part of the world that was largely untouched by the sexual revolution.”

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American activists have closely cooperated with local groups in other countries, including Russia: they took part in organizing the first and the second World Demographic Summits, both of which took place in Russia.

“American activists have closely cooperated with local groups in other countries, including Russia: they took part in organizing the first and the second World Demographic Summits, both of which took place in Russia (at the Russian State Social University in 2011 and in Ulyanovsk in 2012; see also Bob 2012, 42-43).”

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What is new about the current phase is that representatives of the clergy and Catholic commentators not only oppose women's reproductive rights and stress the connection between family planning and LGBT rights but also link both to the flaws of global capitalism.

“What is new about the current phase is that the representatives of the clergy and Catholic commentators not only oppose women's reproductive rights and stress the connection between family planning and LGBT rights but also link both to the flaws of global capitalism.”

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An unexamined assumption underlying the antigenderist worldview is that local and authentic cultural identity is always socially conservative and heteronormative and that gender conservatism constitutes this sovereign identity's essential core.

“An unexamined assumption underlying this worldview is that not only are local and authentic cultural identity always socially conservative and heteronormative but gender conservatism also constitutes this sovereign identity's essential core.”

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Antigenderists interpret the UN's family planning and sexual and reproductive policies as a grand scale depopulation project imposed on national governments.

“They interpret the UN's family planning and sexual and reproductive policies as a grand scale depopulation project imposed on national governments.”

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Consequently, American leaders decided to withdraw from organizing the biennial conference, which was to take place in 2014 in Moscow.

“Consequently, American leaders decided to withdraw from organizing the biennial conference, which was to take place in 2014 in Moscow.”

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Although the base of antigenderism is theological, much care is taken to provide scientific grounding for antigender views of sex differences and to argue that gender studies are a scientific hoax.

“Although the base is theological, much care is taken to provide scientific grounding for antigender views of sex differences (neuropsychology, brain sex, etc.) and to argue that gender studies are a scientific hoax.”

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Global efforts that include reproductive health, family planning, gender equality, and sexual rights are seen by antigenderists as a cover-up for the Western neo-Malthusian project.

“Global efforts that include reproductive health, family planning, gender equality, and sexual rights are seen as a cover-up for the Western neo-Malthusian project.”

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The antigender movement's attitude toward democracy is deeply ambiguous: it stresses reverence for democratic methods such as mass mobilization, citizens' initiatives, or referenda, but opposes the very idea of democratic deliberation over the natural order of things.

“The movement's attitude toward democracy, however, is deeply ambiguous.Antigenderists stress their reverence for democratic methods such as mass mobilization, citizens' initiatives, or referenda, but they oppose the very idea of democratic deliberation over the natural order of things: the gender order, marriage, filiation, reproduction, parental authority.”

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This sinister global force, supposedly funded by transnational corporations such as Amazon and Google, is described as a new form of colonialism, the most vulnerable targets of which are developing nations in Africa.

“This sinister global force, supposedly funded by transnational corporations such as Amazon and Google, is described as a new form of colonialism, the most vulnerable targets of which are developing nations in Africa.”

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Its alleged aim is to bring profits to the 'abortion industry' as well as to pharmaceutical companies that sell contraception and offer IVF.

“Its alleged aim is to bring profits to what they call the “abortion industry” as well as to pharmaceutical companies that sell contraception and offer IVF.”

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Genderism is seen as a global force, while resistance is always presented as local.

“Genderism is seen as a global force, while resistance is always presented as local.”

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Antigenderists view family planning as stemming from corporate greed, which drives global capitalism.

“Antigenderists view family planning as stemming from corporate greed, which drives global capitalism.”

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The World Congress of Families (WCF) is a global network of profamily and prolife groups, founded in 1995 in the United States, which today has more than forty official partner organizations around the world, including in Russia.

“One vivid example of how antigenderism is contingent on global politics is the development of the World Congress of Families (WCF), a global network of profamily and prolife groups, founded in 1995 in the United States, which today has more than forty official partner organizations around the world, including in Russia.”

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The alleged colonizers in antigenderist discourse are feminists, transnational NGOs, international bodies such as the United Nations and European Union, the 'homosexual lobby,' or the West in general, as well as the power of global markets.

“The alleged colonizers are feminists, transnational NGOs, international bodies such as the United Nations and European Union, the somewhat elusive “homosexual lobby,” or the West in general, as well as the power of global markets driven by what the pope refers to as the “idolatry of money” (in Pacewicz 2016).”

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The key sites of neocolonial power are said to be transnational institutions: the United Nations, UNICEF, UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, and the World Bank, along with international foundations and associations, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

“The key sites of neocolonial power are said to be transnational institutions: the United Nations, UNICEF, UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, and the World Bank, along with international foundations and associations, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Nykiel 2014, 45;Höjdestrand 2017;Strelnyk 2017).”

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The global elites' alleged desire to prevent population growth by spreading homosexuality and killing the unborn is viewed as a legacy of the West's self-destructive fixation on sexuality.

“The global elites' alleged desire to prevent population growth by spreading homosexuality and killing the unborn is viewed as a legacy of the West's self-destructive fixation on sexuality (the legacy of Freud, Herbert Marcuse, Kinsey, and the cultural revolt of 1968).”

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Antigender rhetoric has been used to oppose the 2016 peace deal in Colombia, which was rejected partly for mentioning gender equality and sexual rights and for including women's groups in the negotiations.

“Antigender rhetoric has been used to oppose the 2016 peace deal in Colombia, which was rejected partly for mentioning gender equality and sexual rights and for including women's groups in the negotiations (Krystalli and Theidon 2016).”

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In the eyes of American WCF leaders, Russia epitomizes the last frontier of true 'family values' because 'at a time when Western governments are moving backward to a pagan worldview, Russia has taken a leadership role to advance the natural family.'

“On their website they take pride in the accomplishments of Russian partners: in the eyes of the American WCF leaders Russia epitomizes the last frontier of true “family values” because “at a time when Western governments are moving backward to a pagan worldview, Russia has taken a leadership role to advance the natural family.””

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In this narrative, the West is said to have degenerated under the influence of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Sigmund Freud, the Frankfurt School, feminism, and postmodernism; specific thinkers and activists are presented as degenerates and semicriminals, guilty of innumerable lies.

“The West is said to have degenerated under the influence of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Sigmund Freud, the Frankfurt School, feminism, and postmodernism; specific thinkers and activists (especially Margaret Sanger, Margaret Mead, and Alfred Kinsey) are presented as degenerates and semicriminals, guilty of innumerable lies.”

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The first element of antigenderism's ideological core is a set of convictions about the nature of man, natural law, and human dignity consistent with Christian dogma and radically antithetical to social constructionism.

“first is a set of convictions about the nature of man, natural law, and human dignity consistent with Christian dogma and radically antithetical to social constructionism.”

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Global liberal forces are said to introduce eugenic depopulation politics especially in poor, underdeveloped countries in Africa and Asia in order to strengthen their own economic and political position.

“Global liberal forces are said to introduce eugenic depopulation politics especially in poor, underdeveloped countries in Africa and Asia in order to strengthen their own economic and political position (e.g., Peeters 2013).”

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Gender ideology is perceived as an aggressive pseudoreligion whose success depends on the previous uprooting of indigenous value systems.

“Gender ideology is perceived as an aggressive pseudoreligion, whose success depends on the previous uprooting of indigenous value systems.”

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Depending on the context, the anticolonial frame may or may not involve explicit racism and anti-Semitism; antigenderists often express openly racist views but simultaneously accuse their opponents of racism.

“Depending on the context, it may or may not involve explicit racism and anti-Semitism; antigenderists often express openly racist views but simultaneously accuse their opponents of racism.”

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The Polish case shows how eclectic the antigender discourse can be, capitalizing on a rhetoric of both victimhood and cultural superiority.

“The Polish case shows how eclectic the antigender discourse can be, capitalizing on a rhetoric of both victimhood and cultural superiority.”

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Politically, what has followed the wave of antigenderism is the Law and Justice Party regime: an authoritarian and conservative version of the welfare state, with pronatalist policies, cash transfers to parents, and a strong focus on the heterosexual family.

“Politically, what has followed the wave of antigenderism is the Law and Justice Party regime: an authoritarian and conservative version of the welfare state, with pronatalist policies, cash transfers to parents, and a strong focus on the heterosexual family (Graff and Korolczuk 2017).”

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In postsocialist countries, antigenderism often takes an explicitly racist form, while in the US context the charge of colonization becomes the charge of race-based eugenics.

“In postsocialist countries, where its key propagators include ultranationalist groups, antigenderism often takes on an explicitly racist form, while in the US context the charge of colonization becomes the charge of race-based eugenics.”

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Conservative parenthood has emerged globally as a new political identity, a site of social solidarity, and a form of resistance to the state, transnational institutions, the market, and feminism, which is viewed here primarily as a form of individualism.

“Conservative parenthood has emerged globally as a new political identity, a site of social solidarity, and a form of resistance to the state, transnational institutions, the market, and feminism, which is viewed here primarily as a form of individualism (Fábián and Korolczuk 2017).”

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The anticolonial frame is routinely being put to use by right-wing forces and with remarkable success.

“Those on the liberal left who believe that postcolonial theory offers tools to counteract illiberal forces need to acknowledge that the anticolonial frame is routinely being put to use by right-wing forces and with remarkable success.”

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Despite its focus on issues of morality, antigenderism is in fact a political movement, which results from and responds to the economic crisis of 2008.

“We argue that despite its focus on issues of morality, antigenderism is in fact a political movement, which results from and responds to the economic crisis of 2008.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: Since the 2008 financial crisis, illiberal populist rhetoric has been gaining traction on the right in Europe and the United States.
• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The 2008 economic crisis revealed the weakness not only of the neoliberal economic model but also of liberal democracy as a space for processes of inclusion, equality, and freedom.

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The conservative anticolonial frame works in the service of illiberal populism by demonizing global elites and claiming to come to the defense of ordinary people worldwide.

“We argue that this version of the anticolonial frame works in the service of illiberal populism by demonizing global elites”

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  “and claiming to come to the defense of ordinary people worldwide.”

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A key issue in the culture wars has always been the politics of reproduction, as evidenced by the history of right-wing resistance to UN population policies.

“A key issue in the culture wars has always been the politics of reproduction, as evidenced by the history of right-wing resistance to UN population policies.”

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Moral panics around the alleged destabilization of natural gender roles link anxieties about depopulation with grim visions of the end of patriarchy and men's power.

“Moral panics around the alleged destabilization of natural gender roles link anxieties about depopulation with grim visions of the end of patriarchy and men's power (often referred to as a “masculinity crisis”).”

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Antigender mobilization is not a local anomaly but a transnational right-wing strategy, one that effectively employs the idea of the local and the authentic but is consistent and to some extent coordinated across borders.

“While different terms are used, it is clear by now that this phenomenon is not a local anomaly but a transnational right-wing strategy, one that effectively employs the idea of the local and the authentic but is consistent and to some extent coordinated across borders.”

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'Genderism' has replaced 'feminism' in global right-wing rhetoric, strengthening the critique of gender equality movements as powerful and foreign 'colonizers.'

““Genderism”-a term that sounds ominous and alien in most cultural contexts-has replaced “feminism” in global right-wing rhetoric, strengthening the critique of gender equality movements as powerful and foreign “colonizers.””

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Antigender mobilization is part of the process of responding to the 2008 crisis; antigenderists claim to represent true civil society, which aims to replace bureaucratized and alienated elites and their foreign-funded NGOs and supranational institutions.

“Antigender mobilization is part of this process: antigenderists claim to represent true civil society, which aims to replace bureaucratized and alienated elites and their foreign-funded nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and supranational institutions.”

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Today's global Right is constructing a new universalism, an illiberal one, that replaces individual rights with rights of the family as a basic societal unit and depicts religious conservatives as an embattled minority.

“We argue that today's global Right, while selectively borrowing from liberal-Left and feminist discourses, is in fact constructing a new universalism, an illiberal one, that replaces individual rights with rights of the family as a basic societal unit and depicts religious conservatives as an embattled minority.”

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What differentiates the antigender movement from extreme religious fundamentalists (such as ISIS in the Middle East or Boko Haram in Nigeria) is that the former rejects the use of violence and views itself as defender of democracy in its original and true form.

“What differentiates the antigender movement from extreme religious fundamentalists (such as ISIS in the Middle East or Boko Haram in Nigeria) is that the former rejects the use of violence and views itself as defender of democracy in its original and true form.”

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The conflict over gender is not only about religion or ideological differences but also about power and legitimacy.

“The conflict is thus not only about religion or ideological differences but also about power and legitimacy.”

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The key to understanding the present phase of the culture wars is the post-1989 geopolitical landscape: Eastern Europe, Russia, and the global South are the key battlegrounds.

“We argue that the key to understanding the present phase of the culture wars is the post-1989 geopolitical landscape: Eastern Europe, Russia, and the global South are the key battlegrounds.”

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This alliance gradually evolved into what Bob calls a 'Baptist-burqa' network, an interfaith alliance that cooperates internationally on different policy goals.

“This alliance gradually evolved into what Bob calls a “Baptist-burqa” network (36), an interfaith alliance that cooperates internationally on different policy goals.”

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The core of the antigender movement is not theological but political; it is a brand of illiberal populism.

“The core of the movement is not theological but political; it is a brand of populism-an illiberal one.”

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Antigenderism appears to be a reaction to tensions within contemporary Catholicism and a new source of cohesiveness among Catholics.

“In short, antigenderism appears to be a reaction to tensions within contemporary Catholicism and a new source of cohesiveness among Catholics.”

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A critique of modernity and progress is an important part of transnational antigender discourse, but a focus on culture and religion may be misleading in that it obscures some important political entanglements.

“A critique of modernity and progress is an important part of transnational antigender discourse, but a focus on culture and religion may be misleading in that it obscures some important political entanglements.”

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Like the Vatican, the WCF strives to become the counterweight to the United Nations, at least regarding population policies, but in the context of serious political tensions it has difficulty maintaining its identity as a global institution.

“Like the Vatican, the WCF strives to become the counterweight to the United Nations, at least regarding population policies, but in the context of serious political tensions it has difficulty maintaining its identity as a global institution.”

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The Vatican can be thought of as the precursor to modern global institutions with enormous influence at the local level.

“In fact, it seems worthwhile to think of the Vatican as the precursor to modern global institutions with enormous influence at the local level.”

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Antigenderism is a political rather than a religious movement, one that effectively masks its political nature by appeals to dignity, theology, and moral values.

“We propose interpreting antigenderism as a political rather than a religious movement, one that effectively masks its political nature by appeals to dignity, theology, and moral values.”

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Such sentiments appeal not only to economically disadvantaged populations but also-and in some contexts primarily-to the middle class.

“However, such sentiments appeal not only to economically disadvantaged populations but also-and in some contexts primarily-to the middle class.”

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Today the interests of the Vatican, US Christian fundamentalists, and European nationalists appear eerily convergent with those of Putin's Russia, which is perceived as a moral rejuvenator of the West.

“While core documents of the movement include exhortations from the pope, and while the key proponents of antigenderism tend to be Western Europeans (e.g., Anatrella, Kuby, and Peeters), today the interests of the Vatican, US Christian fundamentalists, and European nationalists appear eerily convergent with those of Putin's Russia, which is perceived as a moral rejuvenator of the West.”

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Not all groups that oppose feminism, gender equality, or sexual democracy fall into the category of antigenderists.

“It should be stressed, however, that not all groups that oppose feminism, gender equality, or sexual democracy fall into the category of antigenderists.”

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The third tenet of antigenderism-its self-definition as resistance to new forms of cultural colonialism and neoliberal exploitation-is crucial.

“It is the third tenet of antigenderism-its self-definition as resistance to new forms of cultural colonialism and neoliberal exploitation-that we see as crucial.”

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The conservative definition of the family has become a new frontier, while dissenters are now positioned as those who have abandoned faith.

“The conservative definition of the family has become a new frontier, while dissenters are now positioned as those who have abandoned faith.”

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The current development of antigenderism reflects the nature of global civil society, which is ideologically diverse and conflict oriented, with differences cutting across institutions and borders, and with specific battles resulting in policy outcomes.

“Examined from this political perspective, the current development of antigenderism reflects the nature of global civil society, which is ideologically diverse and conflict oriented, with differences cutting across institutions and borders, and with specific battles resulting in policy outcomes (Bob 2012, 5-7).”

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While the narrative of anticolonialism is not new, today the anticolonial frame has been dissociated from discussions of actual colonialism.

“While this narrative is not new, today the anticolonial frame has been dissociated from discussions of actual colonialism.”

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The authors' view is that feminism and neoliberalism are separate currents that converged in some contexts and at a certain point in time, a development perceived as an unfortunate anomaly and a betrayal of the original spirit of feminism as a movement for social justice.

“Leftist critics of feminism's affinity with, or seduction by, neoliberalism view the two as separate currents that converged in some contexts and at a certain point in time, a development they perceive as an unfortunate anomaly, a betrayal of the original spirit of feminism as a movement for social justice.This is also our view of the matter.”

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Skillful use of the anticolonial frame allows for successful mobilization at the grassroots.

“Finally, skillful use of the anticolonial frame allows for successful mobilization at the grassroots.”

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Today it is clear that a wholesale rejection of universalism plays into the hands of right-wing populists.

“While feminists, mostly from the global South, have long critiqued the discourse of universal human rights and the neocolonial elements in UN population policies, today it is clear that a wholesale rejection of universalism plays into the hands of right-wing populists.”

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Antigenderism is deeply suspicious not only of global or transnational institutions but also of national governments, which are accused of collusion with genderists.

“Antigenderism is deeply suspicious not only of global or transnational institutions but also of national governments, which are accused of collusion with genderists (e.g., by implementing transnational treaties on gender equality).”

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The main function of the anticolonial frame in antigender mobilization is to create an atmosphere of moral blackmail.

“Its main function is to create an atmosphere of moral blackmail.”

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The new ideological configuration links gender conservatism and critiques of neoliberalism and has profound consequences for any attempt on the Left to develop effective strategies to counteract right-wing populism.

“This new ideological configuration, one that links gender conservatism and critiques of neoliberalism, has profound consequences for any attempt on the Left to develop effective strategies to counteract right-wing populism.”

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Poland has become a key battleground in a reactionary effort to save civilization from genderism not only because it is a Catholic country but also because the Right has already been successful in mobilizing anxieties resulting from neoliberal reforms by playing on antielitist resentment.

“We argue that Poland has become a key battleground in a reactionary effort to save civilization from genderism not only because it is a Catholic country but also because here the Right has already been successful in mobilizing the anxieties resulting from neoliberal reforms by playing on antielitist resentment.”

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The anticolonial frame determines targets selected for specific antigender campaigns: they tend to be transnational bodies and policies regarding gender equality.

“First, the anticolonial frame determines targets selected for specific antigender campaigns: they tend to be transnational bodies and policies regarding gender equality.”

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In the antigender narrative, the colonizer is not the West as such but the West whose healthy (Christian) core had already been destroyed by neo-Marxism and feminism in the 1960s.

“The colonizer is not the West as such but the West whose healthy (Christian) core had already been destroyed by neo-Marxism and feminism in the 1960s.”

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The two critiques of neoliberalism converge in their concern with the undervaluing of care, the dismantling of welfare provisions, and the effects of these trends on women and families.

“Where the two critiques of neoliberalism converge is in their concern with the undervaluing of care, the dismantling of welfare provisions, and the effects of these trends on women and families.”

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The authors' findings are compatible with some critiques of the inherent flaws of postcolonial theory, although they do not depend on them.

“Our findings are compatible with some critiques of the inherent flaws of postcolonial theory, although they do not depend on them.”

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Brussels is positioned as a colonizer and a source of contagion, spreading the virus of genderism, aiming to destroy the healthy body of the Polish nation.

“Brussels is positioned here as a colonizer and a source of contagion, as it spreads the virus of genderism, aiming to destroy the healthy body of the Polish nation.”

Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

Genderism is portrayed as a criminal plot aimed at demoralizing and eventually eradicating entire populations, but the definition of who is in danger is broad enough to encompass all traditional, heterosexual families around the globe.

“Genderism is thus portrayed as a criminal plot aimed at demoralizing and eventually eradicating entire populations, but the definition of who is in danger is broad enough to encompass all traditional, heterosexual families around the globe.”

May combine two claims.

Poland should not be seen as an exceptional or provincial case but rather a paradigmatic one-and an important predictor for possible future developments in Western Europe.

“Thus, Poland should not be seen as an exceptional or provincial case but rather a paradigmatic one-and an important predictor for possible future developments in Western Europe.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based). May combine two claims.

This combination has remarkable ideological coherence and great mobilizing power: right-wing populists have captured the imagination and hearts of large portions of local populations more effectively than progressive movements have managed to do.

“This combination has remarkable ideological coherence and great mobilizing power: right-wing populists have captured the imagination and hearts of large portions of local populations more effectively than progressive movements have managed to do.”

May combine two claims.

In effect, right-wing critique of neoliberalism and globalization takes the shape of antifeminist mobilization and employs the anticolonial frame as its key discursive strategy.

“In effect, right-wing critique of neoliberalism and globalization takes the shape of antifeminist mobilization and employs the anticolonial frame as its key discursive strategy.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable), S4 (based).

The hegemony of liberal democracy can no longer be taken for granted.

“We do not offer a solution to this dilemma, but our analysis suggests the need to rethink feminist critiques of universalism in a world where the hegemony of liberal democracy can no longer be taken for granted.”

Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

Within this framework, feminism is presented as an integral part of neoliberalism, while the traditional family becomes the last frontier of resistance, a place where there is still hope and a sense of community.

“Within this framework, feminism is presented as an integral part of neoliberalism, while the traditional family becomes the last frontier of resistance, a place where there is still hope and a sense of community.”

May combine two claims.

The two narratives-one identifying Africans as victims of a global conspiracy and one placing Poles in this role-converge in their valorization of ethnic and national homogeneity and local rootedness, and in their vilification of Western elites.

“These two narratives-the one that identifies the peoples of Africa as victims of a global conspiracy and the one placing Poles in this role, a nation to be replaced by Africans-may appear to be mutually exclusive.In fact, however, they converge in their valorization of ethnic and national homogeneity and local rootedness, as well as in their vilification of Western elites.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable).

The anticolonial metaphor reveals remarkable fluidity and adaptability.

“The metaphor reveals remarkable fluidity and adaptability.”

May combine two claims.

Antigenderism is not just another wave of backlash peculiar to the postsocialist context, nor simply a new tactic of the Vatican; it is a new ideological and political configuration, a transnational phenomenon with outposts in both the West and the East.

“Antigenderism is not just another wave of backlash, one that may be peculiar to the postsocialist context.Neither is it simply a new tactic of the Vatican in its ongoing efforts to undermine gender equality.It is not business as usual but a new ideological and political configuration, a transnational phenomenon with outposts in both the West and the East.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based).

The anticolonial frame affects the movement's strategic choices, alliances, and forms of mobilization.

“It also affects the movement's strategic choices, alliances, and forms of mobilization.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable), S4 (based). May combine two claims.

Right-wing populism has ushered the problematic of care and parenthood into public debate, which may be seen as an entry point for feminist activists to reclaim the territory of care, social provision, welfare, and community.

“Paradoxically, rightwing populism has ushered the problematic of care and parenthood into public debate, which may be seen as an entry point for feminist activists to reclaim the territory of care, social provision, welfare, and community.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable), S4 (based).

As an ideology, antigenderism interpellates subjects as victims of a global conspiracy, manipulated by neoliberal elites targeting their true nature as men, women, and children, as mothers and fathers.

“As an ideology, antigenderism interpellates subjects as victims of a global conspiracy, manipulated by the neoliberal elites targeting their true nature as men, women, and children, as mothers and fathers.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based). May combine two claims.

Anticolonialism is a populist metadiscourse that helps to trump local particularisms and geopolitical conflicts; it presents itself as an effort to defend ordinary people, the poor, the helpless, and the abused against a network of corrupt global elites.

“Anticolonialism is a populist metadiscourse that helps to trump local particularisms and geopolitical conflicts; it presents itself as an effort to defend ordinary people, the poor, the helpless, and the abused against a network of corrupt global elites.”

May combine two claims.

Relying on an anticolonial frame, the Right has undermined the left-wing monopoly on voicing critiques of capitalism and has offered a new version of cultural universalism, an illiberal one.

“Relying on an anticolonial frame, the Right has undermined the left-wing monopoly on voicing critiques of capitalism and has offered a new version of cultural universalism, an illiberal one.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based). May combine two claims.

The anticolonial frame is not just a rhetorical embellishment but a set of beliefs crucial to the coherence of antigenderism as an ideology and to the movement's identity as a coalition of diverse groups within and across national boundaries.

“It is not just a rhetorical embellishment but a set of beliefs crucial to the coherence of antigenderism as an ideology and to the movement's identity as a coalition of diverse groups within and across national boundaries.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based). May combine two claims.

The anticolonial frame plays a central role in the war against gender and more broadly in the contemporary resurgence of illiberal populism.

“The anticolonial frame plays a central role in the war against gender and more broadly in the contemporary resurgence of illiberal populism.”

May combine two claims.

Within the imagined moral geography of antigenderism, Central and Eastern Europe in general, and Poland in particular, enjoy a privileged position.

“Within the imagined moral geography of antigenderism, Central and Eastern Europe in general, and Poland in particular, enjoy a privileged position.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).

Anticolonialism has historically taken many forms in different contexts.

“As many authors have pointed out, anticolonialism has historically taken many forms in different contexts:”

• cites Ashcroft, Griffiths, and Tifflin 2000Not matched

  Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

• cites Warren 2017Not matched

  Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based). May combine two claims.

The anticolonial frame allows for alliances between nationalists in various locations: it is always the local, authentic, indigenous culture, the local traditional family (whatever its tradition) that is under threat and in need of protection.

“Second, the anticolonial frame allows for alliances between nationalists in various locations: it is always the local, authentic, indigenous culture, the local traditional family (whatever its tradition) that is under threat and in need of protection.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based). May combine two claims.

This idea is used to present new religious conservatism and right-wing populism as legitimate and just, helping to mobilize individuals on a mass scale in what appear to be vastly depoliticized modern societies.

“This idea is used to present new religious conservatism and right-wing populism as legitimate and just, helping to mobilize individuals on a mass scale in what appear to be vastly depoliticized modern societies.”

Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing), S4 (based).

Fraser's pessimistic diagnosis is accurate as far as the internationally successful part of Western feminism is concerned-precisely the part caricatured as colonialist by the antigender movement.

“Her pessimistic diagnosis is accurate as far as the internationally successful part of Western feminism is concerned-precisely the part caricatured as colonialist by the antigender movement.”

Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

The narrative of antigenderism has enormous affective power, endowing subjects with a sense of dignity and collective agency while giving voice to anxiety resulting from increasingly precarious working and living conditions under global capitalism.

“It is a narrative with enormous affective power, one that endows subjects with a sense of dignity and collective agency while at the same time giving voice to anxiety that results from increasingly precarious working and living conditions under global capitalism.”

May combine two claims.

While the backlash of the eighties and nineties combined neoconservatism with market fundamentalism, the new wave of illiberal populism links gender conservatism with a critique of neoliberalism and globalization.

“While the backlash of the eighties and nineties combined neoconservatism with market fundamentalism (which is to some extent still the case with neoconservative Christian fundamentalists in the United States and elsewhere), the new wave of illiberal populism links gender conservatism with a critique of neoliberalism and globalization.”

May combine two claims.

The case of Poland shows that the notion of colonization is infinitely pliable in right-wing discourse and can be effectively used in countries with no obvious colonial history as a powerful signifier for humiliation that needs to be resisted.

“The case of Poland shows that the notion of colonization is infinitely pliable in right-wing discourse and that it can be effectively used in countries with no obvious colonial history as a powerful signifier for humiliation that needs to be resisted.”