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Series:   Elements in Language, Gender and Sexuality

The Language of Gender-Based Separatism

A Comparative Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2023

Veronika Koller ,
Alexandra Krendel  and
Jessica Aiston
Veronika Koller
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
Alexandra Krendel
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
Jessica Aiston
Affiliation:
Lancaster University

Summary

This Element shows how two social movements, lesbian separatism and Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW), reflect the changing and complex (anti-)feminist ideologies of their time. The authors outline the historical and political background of those discourses and how they are influencing contemporary gender relations. The materials analysed comprise ten manifestos, which are examined with a combination of data-led discourse analysis and theory-led argumentation analysis. The manifestos are similar in that both sets of authors construct homogenous in-groups and out-groups as well as dichotomies between them. There are some differences though in how this is linguistically realised and who is classified as an out-group. Both groups cast social actors in particular roles and establish ethical norms, but strategic planning and utopias are more prominent among lesbian separatists. Freedom, advantage and authority are central in each group's argumentation, but lesbian separatists also stress humanitarianism while MGTOW focus on financial matters.
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feminismmanospheremanifestossocial movementslesbian discourse
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Series: Elements in Language, Gender and Sexuality
Online ISBN: 9781009216890
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 03 August 2023

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