TY - BOOK ID - 78642635 TI - Sex, politics, and Putin : political legitimacy in Russia PY - 2014 SN - 0199324379 0199324360 9780199324361 9780199381890 0199381895 9780199324347 9780199324354 0199324344 0199324352 PB - New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political participation KW - Women KW - Sexism in political culture KW - Sex role KW - Gender role KW - Sex (Psychology) KW - Sex differences (Psychology) KW - Social role KW - Gender expression KW - Sexism KW - Political culture KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Political activity KW - Political aspects KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Politics and government KW - Gender roles KW - Gendered role KW - Gendered roles KW - Role, Gender KW - Role, Gendered KW - Role, Sex KW - Roles, Gender KW - Roles, Gendered KW - Roles, Sex KW - Sex roles UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78642635 AB - Is Vladimir Putin macho, or is he a 'fag'? Sperling investigates how gender stereotypes and sexualization have been used as tools of political legitimation in Putin's Russia. Despite their political polarization, regime allies and detractors alike have wielded traditional concepts of masculinity, femininity, and homophobia as a means of symbolic endorsement or disparagement of political leaders and policies. By repeatedly using machismo as a means of legitimation, Putin's regime opened the door to the concerted use of gendered rhetoric and imagery as a means to challenge regime authority. ER -