Eric Zemmour has just announced, this Tuesday, November 30, his candidacy for the presidential election of 2022. The news is hardly surprising, but remains bad for equality between women and men.
Eric Zemmour is officially a candidate for the presidential election for 2022, he announced this Tuesday in a live on YouTube. The polemicist, journalist and writer therefore entered the race to occupy one of the highest political positions in the country, the symbolic high office of president, who leads the country’s affairs. Credited with 12% of supporters in the polls in November 2021, candidate Zemmour is not the favorite of the second round. Yet her presence in the presidential arena is bad news for many, especially women. Why ? Éric Zemmour has distinguished himself since his beginnings with a very specific vision of women. The polemicist published in 2006 The First Sex, which explains its vision of gender roles. He indeed castigates a “feminization” of society in all its spheres, which he associates with a weakening. The essay makes noise, and essayist Natacha Polony herself describes it as a work that Zemmour “wanted provocative and which was only caricature”. She sees it “an apology for” masculine values ”, warlike and violent impulses, inexpensive Don Juanism … which he would love to embody”. Throughout his career, the man defends a vision of a gentle, discreet woman, far from power, in short a woman who dances and closes. He refutes the idea of great female geniuses, and speaks of a different form of intelligence. Current research shows that many female geniuses have fallen victim to the effect says Matilda: “Women scientists benefit less from the impact of their research, and often to the benefit of men”, as explained here.
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All these little phrases questioning the ability of women to exercise power helped put this issue, which was thought to be resolved, back on the table. Misogynistic positions are showing up again and are no longer confined to spheres considered to be extreme of the political spectrum. Young reactionary political influencers, men and women, are once again defending traditional roles on social networks that keep women in the home. Finally, and the scandal is not the least, we are talking about a candidate who is accused by several women of sexual assault. He who is compared to a French Trump considers himself a great defender of women. It is difficult to see against what.