par Biesemans, Romain
Référence mid-term conference of ESA RN Sexuality (23: 28/29-09-2023: Zagreb)
Publication Non publié, 2023-09-28
Communication à un colloque
Résumé : The goal of the paper I would like to submit deals with the anti-genderism in Spanish politics. More specifically, the paper aims to analyze and compare the Conservative party Partido Popular (PP) and the radical right party VOX. One significant trait of discourse used in radical right parties and more broadly in conservative and anti-gender organizations is the anti-genderism or gender ideology discourse. Antigenderism refers to the (but not only) mobilization against gender and sexual equality that uses gender ideology discourse to attack and accuse social movements (feminists, LGBTQIA+, queers,..) of reshaping the heteronormative society for their own and non legitime interests (Kuhar and Paternotte, 2020; Cabezas, 2022). Mayer and Sauer (2017) state thatgender ideology should not be defined; its users mobilize it as a vague empty signifier pushing the “us” versus “them” antagonism. The fluidity of the anti-gender ideology discourse facilitates the alliance of several actors including radical right parties (Ajanovic et. al, 2018). Through a victimization posture and conspiration, gender mainstreaming is perceived by anti-gender actors as imposed by the elite and has a goal to destruct the traditional gender role (Kuhar and Paternotte, 2020; Mayer and Sauer, 2017). The two parties analyzed in this paper share common roots. In fact, VOX was born from a scission from the Partido Popular (PP) and marked the end of Spanish exceptionalism (Rama et al., 2021; Alonso and Kaltwasser, 2015). The few researches made on VOX illustrate the importance that gender played in the establishment of their identity through masculinists, antifeminists, anti LGBTIQIA+ organizations and anti-gender positions (Cabezas, 2022; Bernardez-Rodal et al, 2020; Turnbull-Dugarte, 2019). Before the emergence of VOX in the Spanish political system, PP was the most active party in the opposition of gender policies (Alonso and Lombardo, 2018; Paternotte et al., 2016). In the frame of the comparison of VOX and PP anti-gender discourse, we will analyze the intervention of both parties MEPs in the Spanish Congress during the 2020-2023 legislature. More specifically, we will focus the research on the Equality Commission and on the plenary session. We will conduct our analyze through a content analysisand a discourse analysis in a comparative perspective.

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