Eugénie Bastié: “Gender, veil, methods … Five years after #MeToo, the great fracture of feminism” – Le Figaro

A #MeToo march in Hollywood, California on November 10, 2018. SARAH MORRIS/Getty Images via AFPANALYSIS five years, the face of Harvey Weinstein appeared in one 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 open a new era: the neo-feminist revolution could begin under the banner of a globalized sisterhood. Five years later, and while a real feminist revolt is taking place in Iran, never has Western feminism 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 the very progressive greens, calls not to confuse “feminism and McCarthyism”. How did we get there? Read also Eugénie Bastié: “The totalitarian temptation of neo-feminism” Behind the unity of facade that the revolution had provoked… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 80% left to discover. Freedom is also to go to the end of a debate. Continue reading your article for 0.99€ the first month Already a subscriber? Login