(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL - leaflet - he gender
equality is everywhere, all the time (fr, it, pt) [machine
translation]
The reality of women's work in France today is: ---- 1 in 3 women working part time, most
obviously not chosen time they have more children, fewer women work the average salary for
women is 25% lower than men's. ---- Women account for over 80% of trade employé.es, home
employé.es, home health aides and housekeepers, secretaries ... ---- What do the poorly
paid work that occupy the majority of women? they rely on expertise that gender bias
consider "feminine". Indeed, according to the sexist discourse, women naturally take more
care of others (because they raise children and care for elderly parents), naturally love
cleanliness and housework and are naturally able to do several things at the choice.
The exploitation of women begins in the kitchen
But this is not because women spend an average of 3 hours per day on domestic chores they
like it. and whether women often have to manage the children's homework while cooking is
primarily because men leave them anything.
For a family with 3 children, 1 child under 3 years, women spend an average of 7:14 and to
do household chores (including yourself) against 3:26 for men. and these inequalities are
nothing natural!
Why are "female" jobs are they poorly paid?
Because these jobs considered "feminine" and calling on expertise considered "natural" are
completely devalued relative to prestigious jobs of men who have done studies. But also
because, in the mentality marked by patriarchy, women's pay is still seen as an extra
salary, while the main wage remains the man's salary.
In response, women employees are struggling to be heard:
at the University of Paris VIII after 11 weeks on strike, category C staff (people who are
at the bottom of the ladder, and among which we find mostly women) achieved a gross
increase of 70 EUR;
at several sites of Public Finance, workers and workers of employees cleaning the TFN
society (mostly women) are still on strike to improve their scandalous working conditions;
in April, the employees cleaning the Bibliothèque Nationale de France got 3 extra CDi and
additional hours after 11 days of strike. Other women can not organize to fight because
they have no place or meet with others. This is the case of home workers, part-time, at
times fragmented and whose movements are not supported.
Fighting for equality
Anyway, if women want more than modest victories after long struggles, we must continue to
fight for equality of income and statutes as well as the equitable sharing of housework.
and for the development of a genuine free public service from early childhood to avoid
that women are forced to stay home to care for children.
This fight against sexism and against patriarchy should be conducted relentlessly in
school, in business and in trade union or political struggles.
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?L-egalite-femmes-hommes-c-est
