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Eugénie Bastié: "Gender, veil, methods ... Five years after #MeToo, the great fracture of feminism"

2022-10-04T18:25:52.445Z


ANALYSIS – Behind the facade of unity caused by the #MeToo revolution, the divisions of neo-feminism are coming to light.


Five years ago, Harvey Weinstein's face appeared on the cover of the

New York Times

.

The newspaper revealed the system of sexual predation implemented by the producer with Hollywood actresses.

There followed a flood of testimonials on social networks under the hashtag #MeToo.

This digital clamor was to usher in a new era: the neo-feminist revolution could begin under the banner of globalized sisterhood.

Five years later, and while a real feminist revolt is taking place in Iran, Western feminism has never been so divided.

Leader of Beauvoirian feminism, Elisabeth Badinter is shouted down by the new generation after her intervention on France Inter.

Sandrine Rousseau, leader of ecofeminism, is booed at the demonstration in support of Iranian women.

Julien Bayou, a figure of very progressive greens, calls not to confuse

“feminism and McCarthyism”

.

How did we get here?

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Source: lefigaro

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