Despite more than half a century of feminism, the language of French working life has remained resolutely male.
And it found a powerful ally in Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, a sometime novelist who has called for a clampdown on bids to make French more female-friendly. One, novelist Dominique Bona, had pointedly complained that it was no accident that the masculine was"chosen as the dominant gender" in French.The"Immortals", as they are known, had been expected to cogitate for at least a week on the vexed issue but instead waved the report through by"a large majority" in a matter of hours.
It said the debate about the use of the -eure ending in docteure, for example,"does not constitute a threat to the structure of the language as long as the final 'e' was not pronounced". However, French speakers in neighbouring Belgium and Switzerland have long ago found ways around the problems. Campaigners for"inclusive writing" - who believe the language is implicitly sexist - say in these situations the French word for readers,"lecteurs", should be written as"lecteur.rice.s".
Docteuse, professeuse... What the hell is this?! This is ridiculous. Some French words are masculine & some feminine. Those feminazis have done nothing but damage to societies, cultures and languages.
Thank goodness! I've been losing sleep over this.
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