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Eurasian States and Societies: Past and Present

Sex, Politics, and Putin

  • Valerie Sperling, Political Science, Clark University
    Coach House, Green College, UBC
    Thursday, February 25, 5-6:30 pm
    in the series
    Eurasian States and Societies: Past and Present
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  • Is Vladimir Putin a macho man, or is he a “fag”? In her lecture, Valerie Sperling will explore how gender stereotypes and sexualization have been used as tools of political legitimation in Putin’s Russia. Despite their ideological differences, politicians and political activist groups that support Putin—and those that oppose him—have used traditional concepts of masculinity, femininity, and homophobia as a way to symbolically endorse and criticize political leaders, as well as policies at home and abroad.
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February 25, 2016
9:00 am to 10:30 am

Piano Lounge

6201 Cecil Green Park Road

Speakers

Valerie Sperling, Political Science, Clark University
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