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Mainstreaming vs. normalisation: Towards more conceptual clarity on how mainstream parties legitimise the far right | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Mainstreaming vs. normalisation: Towards more conceptual clarity on how mainstream parties legitimise the far right

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Mainstream or normalised? 🤷‍♀️

@asheinze.bsky.social & @gefjonoff.bsky.social look at the meaning of mainstreaming and normalisation in existing literature on the #FarRight and discuss an expanded framework for future research

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The Green Gender Gap: Environmental attitudes and pro-environmental vote choice across Europe Does gender matter for how we engage with green political ideas? Using more than twenty years of data across 36 European countries, this paper identif…

Still controlling for gender without thinking about why? You can cite me💚👩‍🔬💚

I show that the gender gap in progressive climate and environmental views is a persistent empirical regularity that cannot be explained by differences in socioeconomic background, political ideology, or risk aversion.

Wow, thank you Caterina! It is an honor to have published this in the EJPR 🙏

Timely publication by brilliant @asheinze.bsky.social and @gefjonoff.bsky.social to understand the current wave of far-right politics. Proud to see this important piece featured in @ejprjournal.bsky.social

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Thank you so much, dear Léonie! Also for your super helpful feedback on the article!

New publication in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🥳
It was lots of fun writing this with the great @asheinze.bsky.social! I hope this article can contribute conceptual clarity and new ideas to research on far-right normalisation and mainstreaming.

The Silent Standpoint: How Professors Explain Gender Disparities in Academia Based on 77 qualitative interviews with professors in higher education, this article explores the interviewees' opinions on how gender disparities in academia should be explained. We show that male p...

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"Male professors relate women's career barriers to family factors. Female professors favour explanations at the university level, lack of recognition, implicit bias in evaluations".

Research article titled "Perceptions of Feminism as a Threat" by Eva Anduiza and Gefjon Off.

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In "Perceptions of Feminism as a Threat", @evaanduiza.bsky.social & @gefjonoff.bsky.social focus on the case of 🇪🇸 to understand resistance to feminism and measure perceptions of feminism as a threat.

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🚨 New WP w/ @leonardocarella.bsky.social on OSF

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We usually think that social identities precede preferences

We show the reverse is also true: people update their social identities to match their immigration preferences

Focus: class identity in 🇬🇧 + Christian identity in 🇮🇹

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see

This is a heart wrenching read.

🎂 3 months ago, this little one saw the light of day - and it's now ranked #2 among the most-read articles in #GermanPolitics, with over 4.000 views. 🤩 Thank you so much for reading, sharing, and caring. This really means a lot to us! 🙏❤️ #youngvoters #AfD #easternGermany @timonscheuer.bsky.social

Very excited to be in Barcelona and present new work with @ammassarisofia.bsky.social! Thank you so much for the invite :)

🚨New publication alert:

"Perceptions of feminism as a threat" by @evaanduiza.bsky.social and @gefjonoff.bsky.social in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social.

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Super interesting study to bring more nuance into this discussion ❤️‍🔥

Thanks a lot, Mariia! 🙏🤗

Thanks Hanna, that's great to hear! I hope it can be helpful.

Thank you for your support! 🤗🙏

This is very important and original work

Thank you so much, dear Marta!

Thanks for your support, Cas! 🙏

Interestingly, employment-related variables do not predict men's threat perceptions. Based on our findings, I think some women generally fear big (social) changes, while men's threat perceptions seem to be more political and associated with conservative/authoritarian attitudes.

Yes, there are some gender differences in what predicts these threat perceptions. For example, for women, demographics (younger age, religion) matter more than for men. For men, education matters more than for women (see Table 3).

Thank you so much for this collaboration - I learned a lot from you! 🤗

It has been great to navigate this paper with amazing @gefjonoff.bsky.social . Started expecting angry right-wing men to feel threatened by feminism and found out more than one surprise 👇

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Perceptions of Feminism as a Threat - https://cup.org/4ajy0Sr

"results highlight that feminism faces challenges that go beyond the expected anti-feminist attitudes..."

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4) Men’s and women’s perceptions of feminism as threatening are associated with different political profiles: Men who feel threatened by feminism tend to sympathize with the far right, while women who feel threatened by feminism do not have a particular political profile.

1) Psychological predispositions to feel threatened are among the most important predictors of perceptions of feminism as a threat.

2) Women feel similarly threatened by feminism as men.

3) This is driven by women’s generally higher predisposition to feel threatened.