From the anti-choice mobilization to Vox: the incorporation of anti-feminism into the political agenda of the Spanish populist right wing

Identifier:  imarina:9332808

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina9332808

Authors:  Bonet-Marti, Jordi; Biglia, Barbara; Cagliero, Sara

Abstract:
The aim of this article is to understand the historical development of contemporary Spanish political antifeminism. We analyze it from its emergence in the context of the anti-choice demonstrations in the 1980s, to its incorpora-tion as one of the central discursive lines of the political party Vox. We focus on the context of the convergence of two global trends: the reaction to the cycle of feminist and LGTBIQ+ mobilizations and the emergence of the new radical populist right-wing movements. To this end, the discursive frameworks, action repertoires and action strategies developed by the anti-abortion mobilization, the anti-gender mobilization and populist anti-feminism are analyzed, as well as their current convergence in Vox, to generate strate-gies to counteract the associated de-democratizing tendencies. The article concludes by considering that the adoption of the anti-feminist agenda by Vox has led to the amplification of the discursive frameworks and a progressive secularization of political anti-feminism.