Resistance to efforts to advance gender equality is a common feature of social life, whether in workplaces and other organisations or elsewhere. In this article, we review the typical character, dynamics of and contexts for resistance to gender equality measures. Resistance is an inevitable, although undesirable, response to efforts at progressive social change. Backlash and resistance to gender equality take common forms including: denial of the problem, disavowal of responsibility, inaction, appeasement, co-option and repression. Resistance may be individual or collective, formal or informal. Pushback against gender equality measures comes more often from members of the privileged group (men) than the disadvantaged group (women). Resistance is a predictable expression of the defence of institutionalised privilege, but it is also shaped by widespread discourses on “sex roles” and “post-feminism,” the methods adopted to advance gender equality and the contexts in which they take place. Understanding the character and dynamics of resistance and backlash is vital for preventing and reducing them.

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对性别平等的抵制和反对

抵制促进性别平等的努力是社会生活的一个共同特征，无论是在工作场所和其他组织还是其他地方。在本文中，我们回顾了抵制性别平等措施的典型特征、动态和背景。抵制是对渐进式社会变革努力的一种不可避免的反应，尽管是不可取的。对性别平等的强烈反对和抵制采取的常见形式包括：否认问题、否认责任、不作为、绥靖、收养和镇压。抵抗可能是个人的或集体的，正式的或非正式的。对性别平等措施的抵制更多来自特权群体（男性）而不是弱势群体（女性）。抵抗是捍卫制度化特权的一种可预测的表达，但它也受到关于“性别角色”和“后女权主义”的广泛讨论、促进性别平等所采用的方法及其发生的背景的影响。了解阻力和反弹的特征和动态对于预防和减少它们至关重要。