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In France’s Delayed #MeToo, Powerful Men Fall, One After Another
Since the start of the year, well-known men from diverse fields have been accused of sexual abuse and placed under investigation.
Incest Scandal Sets Off a New #MeToo Movement in France
A wave of testimonies from people who say they were victims of incest has surfaced on Twitter after a scandal in which a prominent French intellectual was accused of abusing his teenage stepson.
Prominent French Intellectual Steps Down Amid Accusations of Incest
Olivier Duhamel, TV commentator and luminary of Sciences Po University, quits in a scandal involving the French literary and political elite.
Prominent French Intellectual Falls to Accusations of Incest
Olivier Duhamel, TV commentator and luminary of Sciences Po University, quits in a scandal involving the French literary and political elite.
A Year of Scandals and Self-Questioning for France’s Top Publishers
The release of “Consent” put France’s literary establishment under a harsh spotlight. The publishing industry is grappling with a nation that it resembles less and less.
France’s Major Literary Juries Award Prizes in a Year of Scandal
Seven years ago, the judges behind France’s second-biggest literary prize honored a pedophile writer, Gabriel Matzneff. Now, they have turned to a little-known female writer from a small publisher.
A Second Paris Deputy Mayor Resigns Amid Sexual Abuse Allegations
For the second time in weeks, prosecutors opened an investigation into claims against a former deputy mayor, one in a series of sexual harassment and assault scandals that have rocked France recently.
How Should Feminism Target Sexual Abuse? A Battle in Patriarchal France
A high-profile sexual abuse case has pitted competing strains of feminism against each other in a country where the #MeToo movement was slow to take hold.
Former Deputy Mayor of Paris Under Investigation in Rape Case
Christophe Girard, who has come under criticism for his longstanding support of the pedophile writer Gabriel Matzneff, has denied the allegations.