Since 2022 Giorgia Meloni has been Italy's Prime Minister. A widely discussed personality because of her ideas, values, and political acts, she is the first woman to be elected PM in Italy. The office she has achieved has opened a great debate about what it represents for gender equality. Although Giorgia Meloni described herself as a non-feminist, her election was a milestone for the affirmation of the female gender in the Italian political arena. The electorate has been divided between those who consider Meloni's career and her current role an achievement for the feminist struggle and those who criticize her conservative positions on women and brand her rise as the failure of feminism. In order to understand whether Meloni is indeed feminist, though she does not want to be so, feminine and/or purely conservative, it is necessary to turn to primary data. After a historical background on women's issue in politics, an analysis of the current situation, and an in-depth look at the feminist view of women, I consider Giorgia Meloni as such, in private and in public, and her ideas and values with respect to the female role. Finally, I analyse qualitatively and quantitatively the tweets posted by Italian users in relation to four episodes limited to the first eight months of her legislature, regarding Giorgia Meloni's role as a woman and her ideas and values regarding the female figure and her rights. From this, it appears that although Giorgia Meloni is not perceived as a feminist, the Italian population still does not have a consistent and unanimous idea about her as a woman within the struggle for gender equality.
Dal 2022 Giorgia Meloni è Presidente del Consiglio italiano. Da sempre figura discussa per le sue idee, valori e atti politici, è la prima donna a essere eletta Premier in Italia. La carica da lei raggiunta ha aperto un grande dibattito su cosa essa rappresenti per la parità di genere. Nonostante Giorgia Meloni stessa si sia definita come non femminista, la sua elezione è stata una pietra miliare per l’affermazione del genere femminile nel contesto politico italiano. L’elettorato si è diviso tra chi considera la carriera di Meloni e il suo attuale ruolo un traguardo per la lotta femminista e chi critica le sue posizioni conservatrici sulla donna e marca la sua ascesa come il fallimento del femminismo. Per poter capire se Meloni sia effettivamente femminista, pur non volendo esserlo, femminile e/o puramente conservatrice, è necessario ricorrere a dati primari. Dopo un approfondimento storico sulla questione femminile in ambito politico, un’analisi della situazione attuale, e un approfondimento sulla visione femminista di donna, considero Giorgia Meloni come tale, nel privato e nel pubblico, e le sue idee e valori rispetto al ruolo femminile. Infine, analizzo qualitativamente e quantitativamente i tweet pubblicati da utenti italiani in relazione a quattro episodi circoscritti ai primi otto mesi della sua legislatura, riguardanti il ruolo di Giorgia Meloni come donna e le sue idee e valori relativi alla figura femminile e ai suoi diritti. Da ciò emerge che nonostante Giorgia Meloni non sia percepita come femminista, la popolazione italiana non ha ancora un’idea consistente e unanime su Giorgia Meloni come donna all’interno della lotta per la parità di genere.
Il Presidente del Consiglio Giorgia Meloni e le donne: femminista, femminile o conservatrice?
GRANATA, ELISABETTA
2022/2023
Abstract
Since 2022 Giorgia Meloni has been Italy's Prime Minister. A widely discussed personality because of her ideas, values, and political acts, she is the first woman to be elected PM in Italy. The office she has achieved has opened a great debate about what it represents for gender equality. Although Giorgia Meloni described herself as a non-feminist, her election was a milestone for the affirmation of the female gender in the Italian political arena. The electorate has been divided between those who consider Meloni's career and her current role an achievement for the feminist struggle and those who criticize her conservative positions on women and brand her rise as the failure of feminism. In order to understand whether Meloni is indeed feminist, though she does not want to be so, feminine and/or purely conservative, it is necessary to turn to primary data. After a historical background on women's issue in politics, an analysis of the current situation, and an in-depth look at the feminist view of women, I consider Giorgia Meloni as such, in private and in public, and her ideas and values with respect to the female role. Finally, I analyse qualitatively and quantitatively the tweets posted by Italian users in relation to four episodes limited to the first eight months of her legislature, regarding Giorgia Meloni's role as a woman and her ideas and values regarding the female figure and her rights. From this, it appears that although Giorgia Meloni is not perceived as a feminist, the Italian population still does not have a consistent and unanimous idea about her as a woman within the struggle for gender equality.È consentito all'utente scaricare e condividere i documenti disponibili a testo pieno in UNITESI UNIPV nel rispetto della licenza Creative Commons del tipo CC BY NC ND.
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