Resumen

CABEZAS FERNANDEZ, Marta; PICHEL-VAZQUEZ, Alexandre  y  ENGUIX GRAU, Begonya. The “Anti-gender” Frames and the Spanish (Far)right. Focus Groups with Vox and Partido Popular Voters. rev.estud.soc. [online]. 2023, n.85, pp.109-114.  Epub 31-Mayo-2023. ISSN 0123-885X.  https://doi.org/10.7440/res85.2023.06.

One of the hallmarks of Vox, a far-right political party associated with both the Latin American new right and the European radical right, is its anti-feminist discourse. Despite the media prominence of the “anti-gender” stance taken by the elites of this party -in other words, of its opposition to gender justice and sexual diversity-, we know little about how this frame resonates among the broader right-wing electorate, where Vox gains support. To address this gap, we conducted three focus groups with voters from Vox and Partido Popular, the main right-wing parties in Spain. We analyzed how the anti-gender interpretation of reality is expressed in four discursive fractions: (1) androcentric liberalism; (2) patriarchal conservatism; (3) misogynist reactionaryism; and (4) feminist-nationalist radicalism. Despite significant differences between these discursive fractions, there was a transversal resonance of the anti-gender frame that mobilized right-wing voters against gender equality and feminism. Patriarchal conservatism was the only discursive fraction that showed ambivalence, dissociating itself from the anti-gender frame at some points. Conversely, the androcentric liberal faction was consistent in its opposition to gender justice, aligning with misogynist reactionaryism and feminist-nationalist radicalism. It is important to note that androcentric liberalism poses a threat to feminist politics as it denies the inequality between men and women through legal arguments that are legitimized within democratic discourse.

Palabras clave : antifeminism; far-right; focus groups; gender ideology; interpretive frameworks; right-wing political parties; violence.

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