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Another year begins. A year older woman is still not socially the same as a man. You'll have to forgive me for the possibly semi-selfish aspect of this column, as I recently turned 35. Or at least that's what my personal papers say.
Because women are never the right age, I've had 14 or 95 in my head for a long time, but rarely anything in between. For us women, our age is always something "too much". And yet, like men, our age should never be an issue. But no matter what number we have written on our documents, it remains a cardinal element for our judging, devaluing and excluding.
At 20, we are "too" young to be considered trustworthy. We must wisely wait until we have an opinion, a substantive argument or projects. At thirty we are "too" likely to have children, and at forty to want to raise them.
In the eyes of society, then, the status of the mother from the family takes precedence over that of the professional. Those who pursue careers are often accused of neglecting their loved ones. As for those who choose not to have children, they are still considered pariahs, strange women, witches.
From the age of 50, when another long future is still being written, women are labelled as "too" old. Because we are invisible in iconography, there are virtually no models to project us into this future, whether on television or in film.
While men can still be presented as attractive at the age of 60 for a long time, for us it is "too" long. By the time we are 70 or 80, we will have to take on the role of the grandmother who bakes "too many" cakes and who, moreover, will no longer have a sex life. And in the remaining decade, well, just "too" wise to wait for death...
So in this new year, I would like to wish all women to proudly show their age, whatever it may be. You will never be too old, because if anything is too old, it's the patriarchy! Enjoy life before it's too late, away from the judgements of others. Follow your intuition: even if it sometimes leads you down the wrong path, it can also lead you where you need to go.
Dare to be yourself and assert yourself as you are. And I wish for men to change their view of numbers, of the figures that they too often assign to women, to sort and classify them. Life is more beautiful when we step out of the rut and set our own boundaries. So I wish you all a happy new year and a happy birthday.
Humanité.fr/gnews.cz-RoZ_07
https://www.humanite.fr/feminisme/egalite-femmes-hommes/une-femme-na-jamais-le-bon-age
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