This Monday, September 21, Jean-Michel Blanquer returned to the # monday14septembre movement. He spoke at RTL's microphone.
This Monday morning, the Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer spoke again about the # Monday14 September movement which highlighted the fed-up of adolescents in the face of injunctions on the outfits of young girls. At the microphone of RTL, he explains : "Our children are under the pressure of many things, in particular brands, fashion, the gaze of the other on shoes and clothes… I wish there was a certain sobriety in the matter because there too it is a matter of social equality and then of protection for girls and boys. "
You don't go to school like you go to the beach or like you go to a nightclub.
In addition, he explains that he wants "correct attire" is respected: "It is important to come to school in proper attire." At this point, journalists from RTL therefore asked him to define a correct outfit. He explains : "It is the internal regulations that establish it. It is a little always the same subject, that is to say that it is normal that locally it is the professors and the direction of the establishment who are in situation to establish it. It makes some common sense, you know. School is protective, you don't go to school like you go to the beach or like you go to a nightclub. "
We come to school dressed in a Republican fashion
He also explains: "I am sensitive to what high school students tell me about the fact that they do not want to be stigmatized on the way they are dressed (…) That, I hear. But we come to this. school dressed in a republican fashion. That is to say, which allows equality between all. " These comments have puzzled many Internet users. After relaunching the Minister of Education on the hypersexualization of adolescent girls, the latter explains: "I agree with them, but I ask everyone to use the right reasoning on this, that is to say that today we must be careful about hypersexualization which is a pressure on our children and adolescents. We have to protect our children from this and in a certain way with a form of sobriety in the clothing. And that is part of the protection of our children. For me, the clothing should not be a factor or discrimination nor stigma. "
Between those who don't want their faces visible and those who want all kinds of outfits, I think there's a kind of great common sense to be had.
Last week, the Minister of Education spoke to BFMTV about the outfits. Some comments had already been disputed and are debating: "It is high time that we had balanced positions in this country. Between those who do not want us to see their faces and those who want outfits of all kinds, I think there is a kind of common sense to have." He explained for example.
Just dress normally and you will be fine.
The Minister of Education also insisted on the importance of "dress normally": "Just dress normally and you'll be fine." It remains to be seen how a normal outfit is defined according to Jean-Michel Blanquer.
You don't go to school to show your navel.
Valérie Pécresse, for her part, also spoke about this: "I love crop tops, Crop tops are very cute, but you don't go to school to show off your belly button. We can put them out of school. You don't go to school to show your navel. " she said on France Info.
We should keep a little common sense and not create controversy every week
Emmanuel Macron had also given his opinion on the subject last Friday. Asked by a teenager in a street in Condom, the President of the Republic explained: "I think we should all keep a little common sense and not create controversy every week."