Why we need to move beyond cultural relativism vs. universalism

11.12.18 21:08

Hello,

Je vous propose cet excellent article, avec un extrait que je trouve particulièrement parlant ((mais je trouve que tout l'article l'est).
Je pense qu'il est important de s'informer à ce sujet, surtout quand on sait que les hommes sont prompts à violenter et instrumentaliser les femmes musulmanes ou présumées comme telles (et ça vient vite la catégorisation quand elle concerne les femmes racisées).

The rhetoric employed by the government and other institutions (whether right or left wing), and proliferated by the media, is consistently one of “women’s rights” and “equality,” linked to that of “laïcité” (the French version of secularism). Equality and laïcité are considered to be pillars of the French Republic, making up part of its “universal” values (the origin of the specifically French version of universalism, sometimes known as “republican universalism”). As Christine Delphy argues, this leaves France in the strange position of having “feminist” male politicians who suddenly become deeply concerned about women as soon as Islamic head-coverings are mentioned. Strangely, these same politicians have never shown much concern for equal pay, male partner violence, sexual harassment, or rape.

L'article est disponible ici en version originale anglaise. Il me semble qu'une version française existe mais je ne le retrouve pas.