![]() ![]() “It’s a complex question, because in some cases ‘a woman’ can define and render invisible at once,” says Professor Coulomb-Gully. In doing so, however, they risk reinforcing the notion of an exceptional occurrence, almost an anomaly, in a world dominated by men - while also rendering the person invisible. Many of the articles catalogued in the Wikipedia page adopt the traditional “First woman…” phrase, stressing the novelty of a woman’s breakthrough in a given field. “That’s because women are always treated as having a specific quality, whereas men are seen as having a universal one,” she argues, noting that media headlines that comfort this specificity often do so involuntarily. “No one would ever dream of writing a headline that reads ‘A man elected president of so and so’, it would be seen as ridiculous,” adds Professor Coulomb-Gully. > Tackling domestic violence: ‘If you ask the right questions at the right time, you will save lives’Īccording to activist Marion Vaquero, who launched the collective (sexist nugget) to call out sexism on social media, the “tragi-comic” tone of the page is “a useful way to expose the difference in the way women and men are treated in the media.” In an interview with Le Monde, she added: “While women are still under-represented, the fact that they are not named when referring to their accomplishments only makes them even more invisible.” “A woman”, it points out, dies every two and half days in France at the hands of her partner. While adopting a tongue-in-cheek tone throughout, the Wikipedia page is deadly serious when it comes to the obituary section. As the French weekly that ran the story noted, her post is “essentially ceremonial” and “her dark hair is cropped into a bob”. Thus, at the start of the year, “a woman” was appointed president of Greece, “on the suggestion of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mytsotakis”. More recently, her CV has been embellished with a slew of prestigious postings, often bestowed by men. While little is known about her childhood, it appears her mother was also “a woman”. Her scientific achievements have earned her five Nobel prizes in medicine “but only one Fields Medal”, the top distinction for mathematics. ![]() Wikipedia’s “a woman” has numerous nationalities, multiple professions and an array of skills that, in 2016, saw her head Germany’s best-selling Bild newspaper, lead Japan’s main opposition party and take over as minister of happiness in the United Arab Emirates, all at once. “Humour has always been the tool of the oppressed, a means to wittily expose what cannot be said.” The page is “funny, original, clever and incisive,” adds Marlène Coulomb-Gully, a professor at the University of Toulouse who has written extensively about women in the media. We never really get to know who has done what, and are therefore unable to give these women due credit.” “After years of being silenced, the achievements of women are rendered invisible by the phrase ‘a woman’ (.). The satirical page “brilliantly exposes the absurdity of this situation,” says activist Sherine Deraz, who has authored a series of web-based videos on feminism. o7VBECkT5l- Guillaume Blardone ☀️ June 6, 2020 Encore une période très faste pour « Une femme ».įélicitations à elle. ![]()
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