nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/adfb80d15b6cc362 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250813s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/adfb80d15b6cc362 doi eng 342 23 Milewska, Paulina Author aut Ima Polonia - How Recent Polish Politics Offer Abusive “Mothering” Instead of Feminist Care Milewska, Paulina Verfassungsblog 2025-08-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In Hebrew, there’s a figure known as the ima Polonia – the “Polish mother” – a woman who offers love that feels more like emotional leverage than care. Poland’s recent politics have mirrored this dynamic. Between 2015 and 2023, under the alt-right Zjednoczona Prawica government, the image of the woman, be it as judge, activist, or politician, was often instrumentalised to undermine progressive, pro-democratic causes. The government framed its actions as caring rather than punishing (just like ima Polonia), using women not to promote their rights but to support anti-feminist changes. CC BY-SA 4.0 Abusive Feminism Poland Polen (DE-588)4046496-9 gnd Polen Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/abusive-feminism-poland/ raw object