http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/6902e898e493af0e https://verfassungsblog.de/rethinking-eu-law/ Rethinking EU Law Beyond the Liberal Feminist Paradigm Mair, Sabine eng 2024-09-18 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 EU Law Feminism Liberal Theory persecution political persecution Refugee Protection Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In K,L v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid (‘K,L’), the CJEU decided that a belief in the value of gender equality associated with the lifestyle of the westernized woman be regarded as a reason for persecution. While the decision contributes to a gender-sensitive EU asylum law, I argue that the CJEU’s classification of the young women’s belief in the value of gender equality as ‘identificatory’ (as opposed to ‘religious’ or ‘political’) perpetuates a long-standing criticism of the liberal feminist paradigm.