Authors

Ewelina Woźniak-Wrzesińska¹; Magdalena Zakrzewska-Verdugo²;  ¹ Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany;  ² UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, Belgium

Discussion

The aim of our studies is to present the impact of discursive-social practices on the content of scientific terms. Chosen nomenclature such as: gender (Polish: Gender, gender, Russian: гендер), homosexuality (Polish: homoseksualizm; Russian: гомосексуализм / гомосексуальность), LGBT (Polish: LGBT and other, Russian: ЛГБТ and other) is researched. First, the methodological frame is established (discourse analysis), which is followed by a description of Gender  Studies  and the significance of the researched terms. With this background, we analyze how the non-scientific interest in the terms proper for Gender Studies was formed. Subsequently, we point at the main actors of the debates concerning Gender  Studies  and basic argumentation schemas.