Sezione Aperta Corresponding Author: Nicoletta Mandolini University of Minho, Portugal mandolininicoletta@gmail.com DOI: 10.15167/2279-5057/AG2023.12.24.2148 Uno sguardo disonesto. L’appropriazione neofascista del discorso sulla violenza di genere nel caso Norma Cossetto / A dishonest look. The neo-fascist appropriation of the discourse on gender-based violence in the Norma Cossetto case AG AboutGender 2023, 12(24), 189-223 CC BY-NC Nicoletta Mandolini University of Minho, Portugal Federico Tenca Montini Abstract Since the turn of the millennium, the issue of violence against women has emerged from the niche of feminist discourse and gained widespread visibility. In Italy, cases such as the rape and murder of Giovanna Reggiani by the Romanian Romulus Nico- lae Maliat (2007) and, more recently, the killings of Pamela Mastropietro (2018) and Desirée Mariottini (2019) have fueled a political and media debate on the Science and Research Center Koper, Slovenia Open Borders ERC (Centro Ricerche Scientifiche Capodistria) &URDWLD