"Gender ideology" in conservative discourses: Public sphere and sex education in Argentina

Abstract

The anti-gender groups -including some religious ones- have deployed a contraoffensive action against the agenda of women´s rights, the LGTBIQ demands and gender equality in Latin America, in recent years. Our purpose in this chapter is to analyze the positioning of these groups gathered around the category of "gender ideology", with special focus on their political and discursive strategies. From a Critical Discourse Studies approach, we characterize their actions in the public sphere in conjunctures of debate on sexual rights and sex education, in Argentina. This analysis seeks to contribute to a wider critical interpretation of the sexualised and gendered norms imposed as restrictions for a livable life, especially in the educational practices, as these norms contingently shape the boundaries of the public sphere itself.