Wednesday 8 April 2009

Allez la France!!!

I've been living in France for almost two years. For the very first time I see a discussion on the TV news where the title is "La répartition inégale des tâches parentales" (the unequal sharing of parental duties), or something similar.

They are observing that the mothers take care of daily, repetitive tasks such as bringing the kids to school, serving them food, repeating homework, etc, while the fathers are mainly dealing with the exceptional tasks, or those related to plays and games. This is news. On the question whether there are countries where the politics  have managed to change the structures within families. Yes, there is, somebody claims; the Nordic countries. 

I hope there will be a review of this debate later on this eve (probably, they tend to show the same stuff more than twice), cause I didn't really hear their arguments. I was occupied by contemplating the fact that these issues were presented in a way revealing that people in general are not even aware of their existence. 

Good morning, France.

3 comments:

Alf said...

Jo, vi svenska karlar är nog inte så dumma när allt kommer omkring...

e said...

Tja..i sanningens namn är jag inte så imponerad av de franska kvinnorna. Antingen ser de helt enkelt inte, eller så ser de men reagerar inte, eller också så både ser och reagerar de, men agerar inte. Men vad vet jag, och vad har jag för rätt att komma utifrån med mina värderingar och tycka?

Pugliesino said...

Buenas noches Francia!