Counterstrategies against Antifeminism:

Author(s)

Sabine Grenz, Marion Näser-Lather, Dorothee Beck

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.

Organisation(s)

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Department of Education

External organisation(s)

Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck

Journal

Berliner Blätter

Volume

88

Pages

117-133

No. of pages

18

ISSN

1434-0542

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18452/27985

Publication date

02-2023

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

504014 Gender studies, 504010 European ethnology

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Gender Studies

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 5 - Gender Equality

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/fb1a1a3b-79b6-412f-8a5d-5db30c2b9fa5