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The franceinfo Talk on Thursday February 1 looks at masculinism, a political movement which is gaining ground in French society. Ludo Pauchant receives Pauline Ferrari, author of “Trained to Hate Women” (ed. JC Lattès), Romain de Becdelièvre, documentary filmmaker at France Culture, from the podcast “Etre un bon homme” and Myriam Haegel, streamer and content creator.
In his annual report on the state of sexism in Francethe High Council for Equality between Women and Men calls for tackling “at the roots of sexism”. “Sexism Starts at Home, Continues at School, and Explodes Online”, recalls the report.
Because in fact, if the Internet has many advantages for relaying women’s struggles, this communication tool also conveys content where stereotypes and sexist and sexual violence continue to multiply.
“Masculinist clichés” are convincing more and more men in France
According to the HCE report, gender stereotypes are strengthening across our country, particularly among men. The feeling of equality divides society between young women and young men.
The latter are, moreover, more and more numerous to consider that it “It’s difficult to be a man in today’s society”: the High Council for Equality shows that 39% of 15-24 year olds have this feeling, or of having been treated less well because of their gender. In this sense, the report raises a form of passivity, hostility, resistance to the emancipation of women in our society, particularly among young men.
Masculinist clichés are therefore gaining ground in our country. Masculinism being defined within the report as “a conservative or reactionary social movement that claims that men suffer from an identity crisis because women in general, and feminists in particular, dominate society and its institutions”.