The French Subject Area within the Department of Languages and Humanities Education of the Faculty of Education is organising a lecture by Dr. Frédéric Royall of the School of Languages, University of Limerick.
The Moralization of French Public Life: Liberté, Fraternité, Égalité?
Time: 17:00
Venue: DGZ 108
The lecture will be held in English and is open to the general public
Abstract
Recent debates in France have focused on the necessity to reform a number of received social and cultural norms. This paper will focus on two such, inter-linked, issues. The first relates to the debate on equality: the rejection of ethnic profiling, the denunciation of discrimination based on color, race or creed, the condemnation of sexual harassment, the promotion of gender equality in pay, etc. The second relates to the debate on “l’écriture inclusive” and attempts to overcome gender stereotypes. Examples include the use of syntactical elements that promote an equality of representation between men and women or the rejection of the grammar rule in French whereby the masculine form takes precedence over the feminine form. Both debates point to significant changes in contemporary French society.
Recent debates in France have focused on the necessity to reform a number of received social and cultural norms. This paper will focus on two such, inter-linked, issues. The first relates to the debate on equality: the rejection of ethnic profiling, the denunciation of discrimination based on color, race or creed, the condemnation of sexual harassment, the promotion of gender equality in pay, etc. The second relates to the debate on “l’écriture inclusive” and attempts to overcome gender stereotypes. Examples include the use of syntactical elements that promote an equality of representation between men and women or the rejection of the grammar rule in French whereby the masculine form takes precedence over the feminine form. Both debates point to significant changes in contemporary French society.