Counterstrategies against Antifeminism:: Academia meets Practice

Sabine Grenz; Marion Näser-Lather; Dorothee Beck; Ilse Lenz

doi:10.18452/27985

Counterstrategies against Antifeminism: Academia meets Practice

Sabine Grenz
, Marion Näser-Lather
, Dorothee Beck
, Ilse Lenz

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Abstract

Based on examples of antifeminist and anti-»genderist« attacks against schol-
ars in Women’s, Gender and Feminist Studies (WGFS) as well as practitioners and activists, this paper proposes relevant counterstrategies. After briefly outlining the characteristics of current antifeminist and anti-»genderist« discourses, we share our own experiences with such attacks. We discuss criticisms of and defamations against WGFS inside academia, antifeminist interventions in journalistic public spheres and difficulties encountered in collaborations between WGFS scholars and activists. From our experiences, we derive seven suggestions for strategies which WGFS could utilize to counter attacks in a transdisciplinary, intersectional way.

Translated title of the contribution	Strategien gegen Anti-Feminismus: Wissenschaft trifft auf Praxis
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-133
Number of pages	18
Journal	Berliner Blätter
Volume	88
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18452/27985
Publication status	Published - 16 Feb 2023

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

504014 Gender studies
504010 European ethnology

Keywords

Antifeminism
counterstrategies
Gender Studies

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