Is there a freedom-oriented generation of eight stars? Generational dimension of the protests against clericalization social life in Poland Cover Image

Wolnościowe pokolenie ośmiu gwiazdek? O generacyjnym wymiarze sprzeciwu wobec klerykalizacji życia społecznego w Polsce
Is there a freedom-oriented generation of eight stars? Generational dimension of the protests against clericalization social life in Poland

Author(s): Sławomir Czapnik
Subject(s): Politics, Gender Studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: abortion; Poland; protest; strike women’s rights;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyse the generational aspect of the mass women’s protest against an attempt to almost totally ban legal abortion in Poland, after the Constitutional Court’s decision in October 2020. This text contains three parts. Firstly, the author outlines the general issue around the materialist dimension of motherhood versus the mystical thinking of the Catholic clergy and right-wing politicians. The second section is focused on Catholic propaganda in Polish education. Finally, the last part is devoted to the “women’s hell” and backlash against the alliance between the conservative government and Catholic clergy.

  • Issue Year: 336/2021
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 91-102
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish