TY - JOUR

T1 - Complexities and Nuances in Radical Right Voters' (Anti)Feminism

AU - Off, Gefjon

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s).

PY - 2023/4/28

Y1 - 2023/4/28

N2 - While radical right parties commonly advance conservative gender positions, research on radical right voters' gender attitudes remains inconclusive. To understand radical right voters' gender attitudes, I first analyze previous research for frames that antifeminist actors commonly use to advance their arguments. I then draw on interviews with eastern German radical right voters to analyze whether and how these voters apply antifeminist frames to argue about feminist policy. I demonstrate that they use antifeminist frames to oppose mostly third-wave and recently salient feminist issues, but also support certain feminist policies, sometimes for instrumental reasons. Further, voters include particularities of their context in their arguments. Eastern Germany constitutes an atypical context, allowing for insights into voters' (anti)feminism in a post-socialist context marked by atheism and relatively advanced gender norms. The study contributes to understanding complexities and nuances in radical right voters' gender attitudes, and thereby to understanding cultural grievances beyond anti-immigration attitudes.

AB - While radical right parties commonly advance conservative gender positions, research on radical right voters' gender attitudes remains inconclusive. To understand radical right voters' gender attitudes, I first analyze previous research for frames that antifeminist actors commonly use to advance their arguments. I then draw on interviews with eastern German radical right voters to analyze whether and how these voters apply antifeminist frames to argue about feminist policy. I demonstrate that they use antifeminist frames to oppose mostly third-wave and recently salient feminist issues, but also support certain feminist policies, sometimes for instrumental reasons. Further, voters include particularities of their context in their arguments. Eastern Germany constitutes an atypical context, allowing for insights into voters' (anti)feminism in a post-socialist context marked by atheism and relatively advanced gender norms. The study contributes to understanding complexities and nuances in radical right voters' gender attitudes, and thereby to understanding cultural grievances beyond anti-immigration attitudes.

KW - Politics

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85171530571&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/sp/jxad010

DO - 10.1093/sp/jxad010

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85171530571

VL - 30

SP - 607

EP - 629

JO - Social Politics

JF - Social Politics

SN - 1072-4745

IS - 2

ER -