TY  - CHAP
AB  - If the concept of repression is to be useful when the state is not the primary target of social movement action, it needs to conceptualize how changes in values, perspectives, culture, norms, expectations and behavior in the public at large are contested through political interaction in civil society. Although non-state actors can sometimes use violence, their typical forms of repression of social movements are non-violent or “soft.” I suggest three forms of action – ridicule, stigma and silencing – that are commonly employed by non-state actors to repress challengers. Because women’s movements include challenges to non-state authorities, they have long been targets of soft repression. Examples of the use of power against challengers to the gender status quo are used to illustrate all three forms of soft repression.
VL  - 25
SN  - 978-0-76231-037-1, 978-1-84950-223-8/0163-786X
DO  - 10.1016/S0163-786X(04)25004-2
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0163-786X(04)25004-2
AU  - Marx Ferree Myra
ED  - Daniel J. Myers
ED  - Daniel M. Cress
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - SOFT REPRESSION: RIDICULE, STIGMA, AND SILENCING IN GENDER-BASED MOVEMENTS
T2  - Authority in Contention
T3  - Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 85
EP  - 101
Y2  - 2024/04/27
ER  -