Fear of Women Winning? Resistance and Backlash to Women's Increasing Power

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

A growing literature seeks to understand the forces that are pushing back against the advancement of women and feminism. The papers in this panel consider resistance to and backlash against gender equality from several angles: by theorizing obstruction to the political participation of women, investigating counter-mobilization against #MeToo and its effects on anticipated political engagement, testing how threats to men’s economic status affect gender attitudes, and exploring opposition to gender perspectives in peace agreements.

Sub Unit

• Division 31: Women and Politics Research

Individual Presentations

• Obstruction to the Political Participation of Women - Denise Marie Walsh, University of Virginia; Paromita Sen, University of Virginia; Catalina Vallejo, Opinion Research Business

• “It’s a Very Scary Time for Men in America”: Mobilizing Opposition to #MeToo - J. Cherie Strachan, Virginia Commonwealth University; Lori Poloni-Staudinger, Northern Arizona University; Shannon Jenkins, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Candice D. Ortbals, Abilene Christian University

• Understanding Resistance to Gender Mainstreaming in Peace Processes - Elizabeth Seton Corredor, Rutgers University

Chair

• Andrea Malji Hawaii Pacific University

Discussant

• Andrea Malji Hawaii Pacific University