Right-wing radicalism and gender – analysis of the diversity of the phenomenon among young people

Abstract

The article is devoted to the phenomenon of the differentiation of political views of young people based on gender. In the introduction, I indicate the beginnings of the growth of right- -wing political sympathies of young people, which can be dated to the period 2013–2015, then referred to as the “right-wing turn”, and then I discuss the dynamics of political self-identification of young people. In the following sections, I present existing data that illustrate the described phenomenon of differentiation of political views and right-wing radicalism based on gender and selected ways of interpretation. Then, I describe the results of my own research from the unpublished doctoral thesis “Portret socjologiczny młodych mieszkańców aglomeracji poznańskiej o prawicowej autoidentyfikacji. Wymiar odświętny a życie codzienne” in the context of gender differentiation of narratives. The article ends by reflecting on the current political situation and identifying further interesting research areas.