PATRIARCHS’ WARON WOMEN


THE


THE BACKLASH AGAINST FEMINIST PROGRESS THAT’S OVERTAKING THE U.S. IS PART OF A GLOBAL TREND. FREE AND EMPOWERED WOMEN ARE A THREAT TO AUTHORITARIANISM WORLDWIDE—AND THE AUTOCRATS KNOW IT.


BY ZOE MARKS AND ERICA CHENOWETH U.S.


FEMINISTS HAVE BEEN RAISING ALARMS ABOUT persistent assaults on gender equality. Across the coun- try, GOP-led legislatures are rolling back reproductive rights, legislating against trans youth and their families,


and censoring school curricula about racism, sexism, LGBTQ+ issues and even what to expect at the gynecologist’s office. After so many decades of progress on women’s equality, why are


these attacks happening now? Today’s assaults on gender equality are a reaction to the advance-


ments that feminists have made—and to the visible empowerment of women, particularly women of color, and LGBTQ+ people in the public sphere. Rising political polarization has led to the in- creasing weaponization of gender identity and sexism as a tool of


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