Watchdogs

See also: CDG

The Watchdogs (cdG) are a feminist movement French against the Sexisme whose are victims the women (and not men) in the Média S and public space in general. Their mission is to fight against the Violence sexist and against the stereotypes sexists and to promote the equality. The association chose the name of Chien born from guard for better denouncing the stigmatization of the Femme S as such; the term was chosen, by Florence Montreynaud, like translation of the English watchdog (“Watchdog”).

Their currency: To address a Insult sexist to a public woman, it is Insulte R all the women .

Another currency (presented like “their action in three words”): to decipher, denounce, resist .

Formation

Following the incidents known by various political women ( Simone Veil in 1974 at the time of the defense of the Law on IVG , Yvette Roudy in 1983 during the adoption of the first law anti-sexist , Edith Cresson at the time of her speech of nomination like Prime Minister , Nicole Notat, leading of the CFDT, insulted by militants of Working force , and Dominique Voynet, minister of environment, insulted with the Living room of agriculture), Florence Montreynaud, writer and militant of all the feminist causes, decides to constitute a network of fight against the insults sexists with other feminists. After the presidency of Florence Montreynaud, Isabelle Alonso succeeded until June 2003 to him, then Yanne, and Manual which is the current president (since April 2005). The Watchdogs started inter alia with a petition launched in favor of Dominique Voynet, petition which was transformed quickly into proclamation of the Watchdogs .

The proclamation of the Watchdogs was launched the March 8th 1999. The September 13rd 1999, it had collected 691 signatures (519 women, 164 men and 8 associations). It collected the support of the feminists who however tore around the inscription of the principle of parity in the Constitution.

We live in Démocratie. The Droit is free, but all the arguments are not legitimate. Any woman which exposes, which is affirmed, which is posted, runs the risk to be dealt with “whore”; if it succeeds, it is often suspectée “to have slept”. Any visible woman is judged on her appearance and is labelled: mother, good friend, good with to do everything, lesbian, whore, etc

Ca is enough!

We, Watchdogs, we show the hooks. To address an insult sexist to a public woman, it is to insult all the women. We commit ourselves expressing our support for the public women attacked as women. We affirm and the choice liberty of action of all the women. We, watchdogs, we keep an invaluable value: the dignity of the women. With good entendeurs, hello.

Actions (nonexhaustive list)

  • March 8th 1999, international Day of the Women, the Watchdogs give their support for Dominique Voynet, minister of environment, Verte, insulted like woman.

  • September 6th 1999, for excuses with Laure Adler, director of Radio-France, after diffusion of a leaflet insulting (nicknames given: the hotel boss , or Pompadour ) by the militants of the trade union Working force.
  • October 1st 1999, support for Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Prime Minister for the Bangladesh, and with the writer Taslima Nasreen, threatened of died by the islamist ones.
  • October 6th 1999, support for Martine Aubry, minister, against the remarks sexists of an owner, and for the development of the fight against the sexism of the program of the Medef.
  • November 16th 1999, support for two prohibited women of access to the Parisian brewery, Fouquet' S, because not accompanied.
  • 2002 : six claims transmitted to the candidates with the presidential election (then publication and analyzes received answers).
  • 2003 : support for Veronique Fayet (UDF) insulted by Xavier Darcos; support for Aurélie Filipetti (Green) insulted by Xavière Tiberi.
  • 2004 : mobilization to amend a bill against the remarks with character sexist and homophobe.
  • 2005 : preparation of a proposal for an outline law against the violences made to the women, in collaboration with associations and in particular the National collective for the Women's rights.

Signatories of Proclamation of the Watchdogs

List nonexhaustive:

Michelle Perrot (historian), Isabelle Autissier (navigatrice), Laure Adler (ex-director of France Culture), Herve Baro (general secretary of the SE - FEN), Huguette Bouchardeau (ethnologist), Michele Cotta (ex-director France 2), Boris Cyrulnik, Jacques Gaillot (bishop), Stephan Hessel (ambassador of France), Sonia Rykiel (designer), Pascal Bruckner (writer), Francoise Heir, Alain Touraine, Francoise Gaspard (sociologist, ex-mayor and socialist ex-deputy), the European deputies Olivier Duhamel, Genevieve Mills, Alain Lipietz, the deputies/ministers Yves Cochet, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, Veronique Neiertz, the writers Malek Chebel, Catherine Clément, Amélie Nothomb, Marie Darrieussecq, Régis Debray, Régine Deforges, Claire Etcherelli, the philosophers Pierre-André Taguieff, André Count-Sponville, and many anonymities.

Some opponents

  • Elisabeth Roudinesco, psychoanalyst, known as “For what to make? To play molosses and to create an political police of the language? Yes, it is necessary to be defended against the insult, but with the laws we have already. One should not make women of the victims, but develop their forces” .

Price Femino and Macho

Each year, a committee against publicity sexist, the Pack, chaired by Florence Montreynaud allots the Fémino price to the most feminist publicity and the Macho price to publicity more the machist.

See too

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External bond

  • Official site
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