Swedish hunters rebel against license fees sponsoring 'feminist quasi-science'

Swedish hunters rebel against license fees sponsoring 'feminist quasi-science'

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The hunting magazine's leading writer, Daniel Sanchez, is deeply critical of the money going to such things. > "The research group that received SEK 3.2 million of the hunting


> license money is thus researching within the extreme, radical > phalanx of the humanities and their framework is social > constructivism, 'doing gender' and feminism. A 


quasi-scientific > framework completely detached from scientific agreements", Sanchez > wrote in an editorial widely shared among hunters. Sanchez ventured that this so-called


research denies real science and assumes a "postmodern worldview" where everything is merely a "social construct". Jaktjournalen wonders whether wildlife management will


really be improved by "words of wisdom" about masculinity being linked to "power and the maintenance of patriarchal structures" and that a "high gender


perspective" is needed to achieve change in a male-dominated organisation. Among other things, Sanchez worried about the perspective of having "creative workshops with relevant


actors". > "So you pay for your hunting license to be summoned to a meeting > where you will be lectured that your success as a game manager is > solely due to being 


called 'he'", Sanchez concluded. The opinion piece sparked reactions among the country's numerous hunters. "The op-ed page of Jaktjournalen is rock hard in a


wonderful way. Also, a mighty beard on the editor-in-chief", a supportive voice tweeted. ​"The question is can you shoot a bull when a bull ban has been announced if you consider


sex to be a social construct? A horned cow, you know", another one poked fun at the looming gender perspective. > Frågan är, får man skjuta en tjur när det är meddelat > 


tjurförbud om man anser att kön är en social konstruktion? > Behornad ko. > — Dulledotten كافر (@dulledotten) March 16, 2021 ​"It's good of Jaktjournalen to addresses this,


but how do we stop these activists? How do we smoke them out from institutions and administrations that, like moose flies, have crept under the skin of Swedish society?", another one


mused. > Bra att Jaktjournalen tar upp detta, men hur stoppar vi dessa > aktivister. Hur röker vi ut dem från institutioner o > förvaltningar som likt älgflugor krupit in under 


skinnet på det > svenska samhället https://t.co/Aj4TPtPpbR > — Frederick Marmander (@maniscalcosve) March 18, 2021 ​Sweden, a nation of over 10 million, boasts 300,000 registered


hunters. Each year, approximately 80,000 moose, 100,000 wild boars, and 200,000 deer are shot. Small game hunting is also extensive. There, hares, grouse, and ducks are popular. Overall,


about 60 game species can be hunted.