„Strajk Kobiet”. Zmiany społeczno-kulturowe jako efekt protestów w Polsce
“Women’s Strike”. Socio-cultural changes as a result of protests in Poland

Summary/Abstract: This paper is devoted to the analysis of the socio-political changesthat occurred in Poland in 2016 as a result of the outbreak of the so-calledblack protests. The protests, which later became known as the All-PolandWomen’s Strike, were activated several times in the following years, as a resultof subsequent events related to the provisions regulating the right to abortion in Poland. The empirical findings contained in this text result from theanalysis of statistical data (CBOS reports), dedicated to the research of political party electorates, which was carried out in 2015, 2017 and 2021. Moreover,the article presents own research conducted in the period from April to July2021 using the method of analysis of the content published on social mediaby entities established after 2016. The results of the research confirm thatthe outbreak and the subsequent periodic activation of protests, supportedby the activities of entities promoting the right to abortion, initiated twosignificant changes in Poland. The first is the clear polarization of politicalparty electorates regarding the right to abortion, and the second is the intensification of the discourse on the very right to abortion, introducing newarguments regarding termination of pregnancy to the agenda (as well asother topics related to the situation of women and broadly understood sexeducation). Both of the indicated outcomes resulted in the phenomenon ofabortion being visible in the public discourse, especially in social media. Thefollowing analysis is part of the trend of social research devoted to the importance of socio-political protests in democratic countries and the role of socialmedia as an immanent tool used in the activity of new social movements.

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