In France, Elisabeth Borne must form her government. This is only the second time that a woman has entered Matignon. The first was Edith Cresson, more than thirty years ago. She had, at the time, suffered the worst boorishness from a world of men accustomed to each other.
Three decades later, is the French political class still sexist? Will the new head of government escape macho comments? Why does the appointment of a woman to this position give rise to exclamations in France while in other European countries, this kind of fact is not even mentioned?
Decryption with :
– Rejane Senacpolitical scientist, research director CNRS at the Center for Political Research at Sciences Po where she teaches; author of Radical and fluid. Contemporary mobilizations (Sciences Po Press)
– Merabha BenchikhDoctor of Sociology, Associate Professor-Researcher at theStrasbourg University, author of Women politicians: “the third sex”? (The Harmattan) and she wrote the chapter “the emergence of new international women politicians” in Genre(s) under the direction of Claude Mesmin (editions les routes de la Soie).