“I am a Marie-Portolanist
,” says Thomas Sotto, cheerfully, during a short report prepared by “C Médiatique”.
Marie Portolano
was a guest on the France 5 show, Sunday March 24, to discuss her role as morning worker in “Télématin” and the release of a book,
Je suis la femme du plateau
, designed as a continuation of her documentary,
Je I'm not a slut, I'm a journalist
.
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She explains that a discussion with a boss
of “a large editorial office”
was the trigger for her writing.
“I saw your documentary, I said to myself, it’s great, this girl has a brain too!”
, the man in question would have said to him, thinking he was paying a compliment.
She then felt that it was necessary to take up her pen to question this persistent image of women in the small screen world.
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A state of mind of “reconciliation”
The former host of “Meilleur pâtissier” on M6 delivers several personal anecdotes.
And analyzes the
“avoidance strategy”
that most women resort to according to her – embarrassed laughter to get rid of the painful moment as quickly as possible.
She also explains that she fears being
“misunderstood”
.
That men have the feeling of
“a war of the sexes”
led by her.
“I'm not in that at all, but rather in a state of mind of reconciliation. I don’t blame anyone
,” she assures.
Reason why the former face of “Canal Football Club” preferred not to include the names of the men who showed sexism towards him.
Nor the companies where these events took place.
“Can we consider that the role of women is still mainly seen as a foil?”
, then asks a young woman in the audience, herself a journalist.
“Things have evolved, and fortunately
,” replies Marie Portolano.
“
The woman on the set” is the one on the sports set.
In sport, you will notice that it is still quite rare to see two women on the same field.
There is often only one, which serves as a bit of an alibi.
In sport, there is always a little delay.
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The columnists from “C Médiatique” then discuss an Arcom study, published at the beginning of March 2024. According to it, sports journalism is the poor student of the PAF.
Women are only represented at 20% on the sets of shows devoted to sport - compared to almost 50% on average on others.
And their speaking time is only 11%.