Femonationalism, sometimes known as feminationalism, is the association between a
nationalist
Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation,Anthony D. Smith, Smith, A ...
ideology and some feminist ideas, especially when driven by xenophobic motivations.
The term was originally proposed by the researcher Sara R. Farris to refer to the processes by which some Power (social and political), powers line up with the claims of the feminist movement in order to justify aporophobic, racist, and xenophobic positions, arguing that immigrants are sexist and that Western society is entirely egalitarian.
The main critiques of this phenomenon focus on the partial and sectarian use of the feminist movement to further ends based on social intolerance, ignoring the sexism and lack of real social equality in Western society as a whole.
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Feminism
Nationalism and gender
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Women's studies
Xenophobia
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