Report points to sexism in print, in articles and internally

Women less often cited in articles, editors more responsible for culture than sport: the written press in France contributes to sexist stereotypes, denounces Thursday the High Council for Gender Equality, which calls for quotas, or again to a “

” system in public aid to newspapers.

This bias "

", affirms this independent consultative body in its third "

".

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The authors of the report first looked at the proportion of women among the journalists of six dailies, two generalist weeklies and three women's magazines, but also their weight within the various sections and in management positions. Have been examined newsrooms

, the

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of

,

from the

of

,

and

. Result: on average there are only 30% women in general press editors (but 50% if we include the women's press), and 20% in the section "

”.

The situation is heterogeneous, however, since at the Obs 77% of the journalists of the international column are women.

On the other hand, among all the journals studied, there is no publication director.

Counting systems

As for the content of the articles - examined for the purposes of this report on a single date, December 3, 2020 for the weeklies and monthly and December 7 for the dailies - women represent on average only 23% of the people mentioned. and 21% of those cited. Overall, articles in which a woman is the main subject constitute less than 20% of the content analyzed. "

", "

", "

": the physical appearance of women or their age are more often mentioned than those of men, the report still laments.

To improve things, we must "

" because "

", asserts the HCE. The organization calls for "

", accompanied by "

". He pleads for “

” in the editorial staff, but also for a “

” in the aid paid to the press. The newspapers should also equip themselves with "

", and appoint from among them, as Mediapart did, a "

”which would become the“

”.