Witches, Hyenas, and Monsters: The Othering and Demonization of Feminists in Spanish PRR Party VOX
摘要
Different studies have pointed out how many PRR parties display anti-genderism and anti-feminism. Very few studies, however, have tackled the discursive tactic implemented by these parties to other feminists as women who do not adhere to traditional values. This article aims at disclosing how the Spanish PRR party VOX others feminists by portraying them as a threat to people’s ontological security. Our analysis, grounded on the ontological security approach, focuses on a sample of statements by different VOX members and, using critical discourse analysis, discloses that the party targets feminists re-proposing the traditional trope of the “witch”, the folk devil or the “monster”, to frame them, and the entire women’s right movement, as an imminent threat for the survival of society.