I Striden om genus: Politik, vetenskap och social kamp uppmärksammas genusmotstånd i en vid betydelse. Forskare från en rad olika vetenskapliga discipliner lyfter fram historiska och samtida perspektiv på motstånd mot genusforskning, genuspedagogik och andra genusrelaterade frågor och företeelser. Detta slags motstånd har blivit alltmer iögonfallande då begrepp som ”genusideologi” används av auktoritära politiska ledare och transnationella rörelser som söker begränsa kvinnors och hbtq-personers rättigheter, exempelvis genom inskränkningar i aborträtten eller förbud mot att verka för mångfald och inkludering. Men högljudda protester mot ”genusideologi” hörs även från andra håll, också i länder som Sverige där det finns en bred uppslutning för jämställhetsarbete. Striden om genus synliggör aktuell forskning om antigenuspolitik och bidrar också med nya infallsvinklar, empiri och analyser. Boken förklarar fenomenet och placerar det i ett större sammanhang, med exempel hämtade från flera olika geografiska och politiska kontexter.

This article examines the complex and non-linear process of democratization in Sweden after the introduction of so-called universal suffrage in 1921. The research questions address the excluded groups post-1921, the reasons for their exclusion, and the historical processes that led to further expansions of suffrage rights. The study shows that the expansion of suffrage rights in Sweden after 1921 was not guided primarily by a desire to broaden voter inclusion and/or rectify the limitations of the 1921 legislation. Instead, the motivations were embedded in a more intricate and multifaceted tapestry of political aims and alliances as well as situational factors that included various social, economic, and cultural shifts. The article concludes that the history of suffrage in Sweden after 1921 has been one of continuous negotiations, transformations, and adaptations, and that this provides valuable insights for addressing challenges of political inclusion and representation in the present and future.

Soon after the invention of ultrasound visualization as a method for fetal diagnostics in Glasgow, Scotland, in the late 1950s, the nascent technology was transferred to Lund in southern Sweden, where its application was further developed by the gynecologist Bertil Sundén. This chapter explores how the early adoption of diagnostic ultrasound within obstetrics and gynecology in Lund was dependent on several factors: networking and personal international contacts, a preexisting local interest in diagnostic ultrasound and similar technologies, and access—possible thanks to Swedish legislation and local circumstances—to women undergoing abortion; but also, not least, on Sundén’s ability to navigate strategically among several different risk discourses. Some of those centered on ultrasound itself as a risky technology, while others presented it as a technology for risk management. Further on, this maneuvering also helped to facilitate the establishment of obstetrical ultrasound visualization as a harmless, routine procedure in Sweden.