An antidote against the far-right international: more feminism! - Foundation for European Progressive Studies

The rights of women and queers are under attack. Nevertheless, this year's March 8th is about more than the global rollback – the demos are not new to the democratic protests in Lila, the color of feminism.

After analyzing 8.5 million messages published in 2024, an investigation by the consultant LLYC points out that the conversation on the social network has become "a battlefield" on which the messages that caricature feminism and feed a narrative of rejection are being imposed

An antidote against the far-right international: more feminism! - Foundation for European Progressive Studies

The far right’s push against gender equality and women’s rights – especially sexual and reproductive health and rights –, has become the cornerstone of its narrative and its strategies to promote its authoritarian, nationalist, xenophobic and austerity-driven agenda. But faced with this offensive, we cannot let feminist demands be pushed to the periphery of our political strategy, just because, as the excuse goes, it is a divisive issue. Gender …

The polarization prevails in X, to the point that half of the messages about feminism in this social network are negative.Many users think that "it has gone too far" or perceive "the loss of privileges among the male collective", according to the report Sin Filtro, which shows that Spain is one of the countries where the debate is most radicalized. Prepared by LLYC in the framework of the 8M, the report analyzes how social networks have consolid…