This chapter provides a critical overview of antifeminist mobilizations and feminist responses between 2010 and 2021. We first outline the broader scene of reactionary opposition to feminism and LGBT+ rights, encompassing the Greek Orthodox Church, the political and cultural right, and emerging actors such as alt-right figures and “men’s rights” groups. We then examine two key cases of late antifeminist intervention: the 2021 “mandatory joint custody” law and the ultimately canceled “First Fertility Conference” in 2021. What singles out these antifeminist assaults is that they are strategic endeavors which take aim at established feminist conquests. In the second case, a swarm of uncoordinated yet swift and diffuse resistances attained their objective, warding off the assault by activating established reflexes in mainstream politics and society. The failure, on the other hand, of the multi-layered confrontation between allied feminist forces and the new “men’s movement” around the law on “mandatory joint custody” sheds light on new challenges for counter-hegemonic contestation. The antifeminist campaign was carried out by well-organized male lobbies and vested economic interests. It deployed the communicative strategies of the international alt-right, appropriated the discourse of rights and equality, and relied upon the institutional power of a stable conservative government.

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Patriarchal Backlash and Feminist Responses in Greece Today

  • Alexandros Kioupkiolis

摘要

This chapter provides a critical overview of antifeminist mobilizations and feminist responses between 2010 and 2021. We first outline the broader scene of reactionary opposition to feminism and LGBT+ rights, encompassing the Greek Orthodox Church, the political and cultural right, and emerging actors such as alt-right figures and “men’s rights” groups. We then examine two key cases of late antifeminist intervention: the 2021 “mandatory joint custody” law and the ultimately canceled “First Fertility Conference” in 2021. What singles out these antifeminist assaults is that they are strategic endeavors which take aim at established feminist conquests. In the second case, a swarm of uncoordinated yet swift and diffuse resistances attained their objective, warding off the assault by activating established reflexes in mainstream politics and society. The failure, on the other hand, of the multi-layered confrontation between allied feminist forces and the new “men’s movement” around the law on “mandatory joint custody” sheds light on new challenges for counter-hegemonic contestation. The antifeminist campaign was carried out by well-organized male lobbies and vested economic interests. It deployed the communicative strategies of the international alt-right, appropriated the discourse of rights and equality, and relied upon the institutional power of a stable conservative government.