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Conservative women participate in 'anti-gender' mobilizations to defend their religious beliefs and traditional identities as wives and mothers against perceived threats from secularization and liberal social movements. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine who participates in conservative anti-gender mobilizations and identify the core motivations driving women's religious activism across historical periods.

September 15, 2026Journal of Latin American StudiesOpen Access

Women in Conservative Religious Mobilization in Latin America: Chile and Mexico in Comparative Perspective

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Comparative analysis reveals that women mobilize in conservative religious movements to defend traditional familial identities, highlighting persistent responses to secular and liberal policy reforms.

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To examine who participates in conservative anti-gender mobilizations and identify the core motivations driving women's religious activism across historical periods.
Conducted a comparative historical analysis of conservative-religious women's activism in Chile and Mexico.
Evaluated responses across two eras: early twentieth-century secularization threats and early twenty-first-century liberal social movement policy demands (such as abortion, sex education, and same-sex marriage).
Conservative women organize primarily to defend their social identities as wives and mothers alongside religious agendas against perceived threats to traditional family structures.
Activists demonstrate clear continuity in rhetoric and motivation between twentieth-century anti-secularization efforts and modern twenty-first-century anti-gender campaigns.

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Castillo et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa913e49013453be30a237c https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022216x26101412

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September 15, 2026Journal of Latin American StudiesOpen Access

Women in Conservative Religious Mobilization in Latin America: Chile and Mexico in Comparative Perspective

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Authors

ICIsabel Castillo CRCamilla Reuterswärd

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Key Points

To examine who participates in conservative anti-gender mobilizations and identify the core motivations driving women's religious activism across historical periods.
Conducted a comparative historical analysis of conservative-religious women's activism in Chile and Mexico.
Evaluated responses across two eras: early twentieth-century secularization threats and early twenty-first-century liberal social movement policy demands (such as abortion, sex education, and same-sex marriage).
Conservative women organize primarily to defend their social identities as wives and mothers alongside religious agendas against perceived threats to traditional family structures.
Activists demonstrate clear continuity in rhetoric and motivation between twentieth-century anti-secularization efforts and modern twenty-first-century anti-gender campaigns.

Cite This Study

Castillo et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa913e49013453be30a237c https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022216x26101412

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