The Ruling Discourse on Proper Womanhood in the Hungarian Parliament
Starting with a debate in September 2012 on the incorporation of domestic violence as a distinct offence in Hungary’s new Criminal Code, the issue of gender and proper womanhood has regularly re-surfaced in statements made by ruling coalition MPs in parliamentary debates. Drawing on discourse analys...
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| description | Starting with a debate in September 2012 on the incorporation of domestic violence as a distinct offence in Hungary’s new Criminal Code, the issue of gender and proper womanhood has regularly re-surfaced in statements made by ruling coalition MPs in parliamentary debates. Drawing on discourse analysis, this study investigates a selection of these statements in the context of the government’s current policy and public discourse. The paper argues that these discourses outline an essentialist model reflective of a dominant ideology that is traditional, Christian, patriarchal and heteronormative, which, by hinting at women’s accountability for certain social ills, also allows for a chain of associations that ultimately results in the subversion of the overall social status of women, dividing and marginalising them further and discrediting any claims or actions aimed at establishing a more egalitarian society in the country. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62e1fa92fa854332824632fd1d88b8bc2022-12-21T18:36:43ZengLodz University PressInternational Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal2300-86952014-09-0116152010.2478/ipcj-2014-00016561The Ruling Discourse on Proper Womanhood in the Hungarian ParliamentIrén Annus0Department of American Studies and Gender Studies Research Group, University of SzegedStarting with a debate in September 2012 on the incorporation of domestic violence as a distinct offence in Hungary’s new Criminal Code, the issue of gender and proper womanhood has regularly re-surfaced in statements made by ruling coalition MPs in parliamentary debates. Drawing on discourse analysis, this study investigates a selection of these statements in the context of the government’s current policy and public discourse. The paper argues that these discourses outline an essentialist model reflective of a dominant ideology that is traditional, Christian, patriarchal and heteronormative, which, by hinting at women’s accountability for certain social ills, also allows for a chain of associations that ultimately results in the subversion of the overall social status of women, dividing and marginalising them further and discrediting any claims or actions aimed at establishing a more egalitarian society in the country.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/international/article/view/6561hungarypolitical discoursefidesz-kdnp coalitiongender hierarchyproper womanhoodmotherhood |
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| title | The Ruling Discourse on Proper Womanhood in the Hungarian Parliament |
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