The Gender War

The Gender War Swedish Knskriget is a documentary in two parts by journalist Evin Rubar on radical feminism in Sweden and its influence on Swedish politics. It was produced by Nordisk Film and broadcast by Sveriges Television in the series Dokument inifrn onandMay 2005. The Gender War was also part of Evin Rubar being awarded the TV award Kristallen and Sveriges Televisions equality award the same year.

The documentary made a big impact on the debate in the Swedish mainstream media and had several major consequences. Uppsala University decided to make an inquiry into Eva Lundgrens research. Lundgren was freed from the official accusations but received severe criticism in the media later the university increased her funding in compensation for the unjustified inquiry and stated their support for her in 2007. However, she resigned from her chair and criticized the university for not doing enough to clear her reputation in 2011.The Riksdag discussed withdrawing funding of ROKS. Gudrun Schyman, spokesperson for the Feminist Initiative, questioned Rubars main argument in an article in the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper on May 24, 2005. Some womens shelters announced that they will be leaving the central organisation ROKS because of the controversy. Ireen von Wachenfeldt announced her resignation as the chairperson of ROKS on July 6, 2005. ........

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