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Comment empêcher les hommes de bafouer les droits des femmes ? En matière d'égalité entre les sexes, qu'est-ce qu'un " mec bien " ? Il est urgent aujourd'hui de définir une morale du masculin pour toutes les sphères sociales : famille, entreprise, religion, politique, ville, sexualité, langage. Parce que la justice de genre est l'une des conditions de la démocratie, nous avons besoin d'inventer de nouvelles masculinités : des hommes égalitaires, en rupture avec le patriarcat, épris de respect plus que de pouvoir. Juste des hommes, mais des hommes justes.
Ivan Jablonka est historien et écrivain. Il a notamment publié Histoire des grands-parents que je n'ai pas eus (prix du Sénat du livre d'histoire 2012), Laëtitia ou la fin des hommes (prix Médicis 2016) et En camping-car (prix France Télévisions 2018). Ses livres sont traduits en douze langues.
397 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 3, 2020
For me, born and raised in France in the last three decades of the twentieth century, it is not easy to share chores. I do it, thanks to my wife, who has educated me at the cost of discussions, tensions and sometimes arguments.I have no intention of judging character here, as such an admission takes some bravery and may inspire men who pick up this book with little prior experience with the subject to address their own struggles and potential for change, yet I found this to be disappointing. A man raised in the last three decades of the twentieth century in Saudi Arabia, I can understand, might find it difficult to reconcile the patriarchal teachings ingrained legally, religiously, and culturally, so as to find doing the dishes in any way appealing, perhaps. But France? Sure, it isn't Iceland or Norway, but as far as patriarchal attitudes go globally, it is hardly one of the worst. I appreciate Jablonka's ruminations, but they are surface-level, and I question how we are to liberate ourselves from patriarchy if the laundry is what stands in the way of some of our most vocal allies.