Da racialização do sexismo ao sexismo identitário entre imigrantes na França contemporânea From racialization to identitary sexism among immigrants in contemporary France

Este texto examina a maneira como o racismo manipula a denúncia do sexismo e apresenta os efeitos desses discursos sobre as pessoas que são alvo de discriminação. Sustenta que, longe de diminuir as violências sexistas, as lógicas racistas que se escondem atrás do anti-sexismo tendem a reforçá-las. Nossa demonstração se apóia em dados recolhidos durante uma pesquisa sobre a experiência do racismo, sexualidade e a gestão dos riscos de infecção por HIV, conduzida entre 1997 e 2003 junto a 69 jovens, homens e mulheres, de idade entre 18 e 25 anos, na França.<br>This paper analyzes the way racism manipulates accusations of racism, and presents the effects of such discourses on discriminated individuals. It argues that, far from reducing sexist violence, the racist logic concealed by anti-sexism tends to reinforce it. Our theses is based on data collected in a survey on experiences of racism, sexuality and HIV-infection risks management, carried out from 1997 to 2003, among 69 young males and females, aged 18-25 years, in France

The French Parity Law: a Successful Gender Equality Measure or a “Conservative Revolution”?

A large number of countries in the world have implemented policies designed to advance the political representation of women. Sixteen years after the “parity law” was passed in France, the present article evaluates its mixed effects on the process of political professionalisation and on gender relations. Based on several surveys conducted between 2001 and 2016 at different institutional levels, the article traces the genesis of the law and outlines certain French paradoxes concerning gender and political issues. It then provides a quantitative review of the impact of the law in the political field and concludes by showing that dominant professional politicians use gender-equality measures in a way that allows them to preserve masculine power and in-group sociability and to reproduce a conservative gender order

Masculinities and the international division of care: migrant male domestic workers in Italy and France

Drawing on ethnographic data concerning migrant male domestic workers, this article examines the gendered dimensions of the process of racialization in Italy and France. First, it shows that specific racialized constructions of masculinity are mobilized by the employers as well as by training and recruitment agencies. These constructions of masculinity are related to different forms of organization of the sector in each country and to different ideologies about the integration of migrants. Second, the data presented reveal the strategies used by migrant male domestic workers to reaffirm their masculinity in a traditionally feminized sector. In doing so, this article intends to explore the connections between international migration and the gendering of occupations, with regard to the construction and management of masculinities in domestic service. Finally, by examining men’s experiences, this article aims to contribute to a more complex definition of the international division of care work