humble3d Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Some Say #MeToo Has Gone Too Far In France, Some Say #MeToo Has Gone Too Far IS IT PART OF A THE GLOBAL HYSTERIA ?? Actress Catherine Deneuve sparks a fight with a letter arguing the campaign against sexual harassment undermines sexual liberation A battle has broken out in France between campaigners against sexual harassment and a group of prominent women who argue overzealous misconduct allegations threaten the country’s embrace of sexual freedom. Film star Catherine Deneuve and more than 100 French women this week published a letter in the newspaper Le Monde defending the lustful advances of their male compatriots, and denouncing what they call “puritanism” of the #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment that has taken root in the U.S. and other countries since the publication of allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. “Insistent or awkward pickups aren’t a crime,” the letter said. “This fever for sending ‘pigs’ to the abattoir [slaughterhouse], far from helping empower women, in reality serves the interests of the enemies of sexual liberation.” The letter signed by Ms. Deneuve sparked an angry response from many other French women, including former presidential candidate Ségolène Royal, who have rallied behind the outpouring of stories of sexual abuse on social media under the hashtag #balancetonporc, or “expose your pig.” “Are the pigs and their allies getting worried? It’s normal. Their old world is disappearing,” a group of 30 French feminists wrote in a reply to Ms. Deneuve that was published Wednesday. France is crafting new legislation to introduce fines for verbal sexual harassment in addition to existing penalties for harassment. The fight presages challenges ahead for France as it tries to reconcile growing recognition of sexism and sexual misconduct with a national reputation for seduction, and a history as a crucible of the sexual-liberation movement. On one hand, France is a country whose women prize their independence and boast higher workforce participation than women in the U.S. On the other, France has historically shown reluctance to confront allegations of sexual misconduct, particularly at the highest levels of society. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief, initially retained much of his support in France after facing charges for sexual assault of a housekeeper in a New York hotel in 2011. Mr. Strauss-Kahn denied the charges, which were later dropped. The debate in France stands in contrast to the U.S. and some other countries, where there hasn’t so far been the same level of pushback from prominent women against the #MeToo campaign. At the Golden Globe Awards earlier this week, Ms. Deneuve’s Hollywood counterparts put women’s rights center stage, wearing black gowns and delivering acceptance speeches centered on the theme. Oprah Winfrey said women have for too long not been believed and declared “time is up” for abusers. The French government has lined up behind the movement to confront sexual harassment and assault. French President Emmanuel Macron has said that women live in a society “sick with sexism” and declared “cultural battle” by making gender equality the national cause of his five-year term in office. Mr. Macron’s government is crafting new legislation to introduce fines for verbal sexual harassment and is organizing a nationwide consultation on how to strengthen the bill. The government has also launched a video campaign entitled “Stop Them” to explain the existing penalties—five years in prison for rubbing against a girl in a bus or touching a woman’s buttocks. Marlène Schiappa, France’s secretary of state for equality, said Wednesday that the letter signed by Ms. Deneuve was “dangerous” because it risked confusing young women about what behavior is illegal in France. She denied examples in the letter that men had, for instance, been punished or forced to resign for touching a woman’s knee. “There are things in this letter that are deeply shocking or even false,” Ms. Schiappa said. Ms. Deneuve, for her part, has long been an icon of empowered sexuality in France and abroad, with performances that helped define the sexual revolution of the 1960s. In “Belle de Jour,” one of her best-known roles, she plays a repressed Parisian homemaker who decides to become a prostitute by day. Ms. Deneuve declined an interview request for this story. In the letter, the authors of the letter—some of them novelists and academics—described a “purifying wave” they say impacts their work, forcing writers to make male characters less sexist or draw greater attention to traumas suffered by female characters. They also contended that puritanism about sexuality could forever condemn women to being seen as victims. Men, the letter says, are being forced into public confessions, creating a climate of a “totalitarian society.” “As women, we do not recognize ourselves in this feminism that, beyond denouncing abuses of power, embodies hatred of men and of sexuality,” they wrote. Appeared in the January 11, 2018, print edition as 'In France, Some Resist #MeToo.' https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-france-some-say-metoo-has-gone-too-far-1515610419 RELATED ?? 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