Polarising Divisions
Understanding Those Resisting Sexual, Gendered, and Reproductive Rights
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Polarising Divisions
Understanding Those Resisting Sexual, Gendered, and Reproductive Rights
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Socio-legal changes around sexualities, genders and abortion have defined the first two decades of the 21st century in the Global North. Polarising Divions explores these changes from the perspective of those who are concerned/opposed to them.
Changes to legal rights such as the advent of same sex marriage, employment protections, gender recognition and access to abortion have all been critical to the contemporary century. Despite the apparent acceptance of these changes in political and social spheres, the last decade has also witnessed significant and organised resistances emerging across Europe and North America. The schisms around sexualities and genders now occupy a central position for example in British media and politics particularly in terms of gender recognition, in Irish referenda and courts, or through debates regarding sex education in Canada and Ireland. We can contend that in this third decade of the century, it is the divisions and schisms around gender, sexualities and abortion that play an increasingly key role in defining these places and their political landscapes.
Polarising Divisions offers new insights into the sexual and gendered landscapes of the 21st century through the everyday experiences of those who are opposed to/concerned about socio-legal changes to gender, sexualities and abortion. By undertaking research with the 'wrong people' (from the perspective of much queer and feminist research), to offer new engagements with queer and feminist work, this book questions and queries binaries such as good/bad, marginalisation/privilege. By understanding these perspectives, we are able to address the divisions and continue to work towards progressing socio and legal rights.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the ERC.
Table of Contents
1.1Introducing and Justifying Research with 'the Wrong People'
1.2Conceptualising Socio-legal Changes in the 21st Century
1.3Resistances to Socio-legal Changes: Heteroactivisms, Anti-gender, Pro-Life
1.4Research With/On those who are Opposed to /Concerned about Socio-legal Changes: Beyond Opposition
1.5Outline of the Book
1.6Conclusion
Chapter 2: Research
2.1 Introduction: Queer and Feminist Research with those who are Opposed to/Concerned about Socio-Legal Changes to Sexualities, Genders and Abortions
2.2 How Do You Get Them in the Interview?
2.3 Who Came Into the Beyond Opposition Interviews?
2.4How Do We Negotiate Who We Are in the Interview?
2.5 What Happened in the Interview?
2.6 And We Transcribed the Interviews…
2.7 Conclusion: Emotional Labour and Discomfort
Chapter 3: Sides
3.1 Introduction: 'The Goodies and the Baddies' (INT27IRL) Who are 'They'?
3.2 Sides: Fitting the Perception
3.3 I Am Not 'Them' Clarifying the Complexity
3.4 Labelled as a Bigot
3.5 Disagreeing With Those Who You Agree With
3.6 Conclusion: Sides and the Problems of These
Chapter 4: Experiences
4.1 Introduction: Experiences of Being 'On the Other Side'
4.2 In the Minority or Silence Majority?: Positionings in the 'New World Order'
4.3 It Doesn't Affect Me: Solidarities and Threats to Civilisation
4.4 Work
4.5 Home and Relationships
4.6 Public Spaces
4.7 Conclusion: Experiences of the 'Other Side'
Chapter 5: Reactions
5.1 Introduction: Navigating the Everyday Landscapes
5.2 Fear and Avoidance
5.3 Careful What you Say
5.4 Engaging across Difference
5.5 Creating and Solidifying Positions
5.6 Emerging and Ongoing activisms
5.7 Conclusion: Changing 'Hearts and Minds'?
Chapter 6: Conclusion
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Research: Should Research such as this be Done/Replicated?
6.3 Sides, Experiences and Reactions: Everyday Spaces
6.4 Considerations of Encountering 'The Other'
6.5 Conclusion
Product details
| Published | 04 Mar 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 9781350538740 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 216 x 138 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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