Gender Revolution: How Electoral Politics and #MeToo are Reshaping Everyday Life

Gender Revolution explores the profound transformations in gender relations, highlighting the challenges and resistance faced. It examines how electoral politics and the #MeToo movement are reshaping everyday life, with women seizing power and creating adversarial gender divisions. The book develops an analysis of gendered social and cultural change that reveals how movement ideas diffuse into broader culture.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 266 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Gender Revolution is a comprehensive exploration of the profound transformations occurring in both public and private realms of gender relations. It also highlights the simultaneous and challenging obstacles that have emerged in response. The authors delve into large-scale phenomena in this contemporary study, examining how electoral politics and the #MeToo movement are reshaping everyday life. This gender revolution has sparked a culture where women, and an increasing number of men, refuse to adhere to traditional gender norms and gender inequalities. People of all genders are no longer tolerating abuses of power in politics or in their personal relationships. Despite facing vigorous resistance, women are asserting their power and refusing to back down, through both large and small acts. The authors observe that individuals of all genders, in support of these transformations, are voting for progressive candidates, engaging on social media, and fostering more equal interpersonal relationships. However, they also document considerable backlash and contestation, as some individuals resist these changes and create adversarial gender divisions. Through a comprehensive analysis of gendered social and cultural change, the book sheds light on how movement ideas diffuse into broader culture.

Gender Revolution is a vital and indispensable exploration for a time characterized by significant shifts in attitudes, beliefs, and perspectives surrounding gender and gender relations. It will captivate readers with an interest in the scholarly study of gender, society, politics, media, law, and culture.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032125954