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There’s more to Scottish sectarianism than the dominant narrative of ‘men behaving badly’
By Emma Ritch.
This article first appeared in The National on May 26th 2015.
There's a strange tension at the heart of sectarianism in Scotland, in that we talk about it a great deal but actually know very little about it. It appears to sit at a particularly slippery intersection between race and sect, and takes on a different shape across geographical areas and class identities. Surprisingly, we have only had even a tentative definition for sectarianism in Scotland since 2013. This lack of clarity about what sectarianism is and how it functions to marginalise, exclude, and discriminate against individuals only becomes fuzzier when we throw gender into the mix.
Engender's Articulate project
Some of our Twitter followers may have noticed that we’ve been talking about sectarianism quite a lot recently.
We’re at the early stages of an exciting project to find out more about how intra-Christian sectarianism affects women across Scotland, and to help make sure that women’s voices are heard loud and clear in discussions about how to make communities strong and resilient.
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