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1
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le machisme

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Machismo/

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2
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/des préjugés sexistes

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Sexist prejudices

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3
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un mariage arrangé

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An arranged marriage/

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une dot

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A dowry/

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5
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une femme battue

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A battered wife/

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tomber enceinte

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To become pregnant/

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/être en congé maternité

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To go on maternity leave

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une nourrice

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A childminder/

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faire bouillir la marmite

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To bring home the bacon/

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/égalité des salaires

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Equal pay/

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11
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A menial job job

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/un emploi subalterne

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12
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To be disciminated against/

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être victime de

discriminations

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To introduce quotas

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/instaurer des quotas

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14
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l’égalité des chances

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equal opportunities

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15
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/le désequilibre des sexes

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Gender inbalance

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un machiste

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A chauvinist

17
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la misogynie

A

Misogyny/

18
Q

/un mariage blanc

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A sharm marriage

19
Q

l’excision

A

Female circumcision/

20
Q

To be on the pill/

A

prendre la pilule

21
Q

congé parenta

A

Parental leave/

22
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une crèche

A

A nursery/

23
Q

concilier

A

To reconcile/

24
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travailler à temps partiel/plein

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To work part/full time/

25
Q

/le différentiel de salaires entre les

sexes

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The gender pay gap

26
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The gender pay gap

A

diff

27
Q

une chasse gardée pour les hommes

A

A male preserve/

28
Q

la parité

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Parity/

29
Q

/la discrimination positive

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Affirmative action

30
Q

Household choresménagères

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/les tâches

31
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In the US, The Equal Pay Act(1963) made it illegal to pay men and women different wage rates for
jobs that require equal skill and responsibility and are performed under similar working conditions.
Similar acts were passed in Great-Britain in 1970 and in France in 1972.

A

equal pay act

32
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Comment se fait-il que les inégalités entre les hommes et les femmes n’aient pas disparu?

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How come gender inequalities have not disappeared?

33
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Beaucoup de gens croient que le sort des femmes

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Belief that the lot of women …. is widespread

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