Women the gender gap Flashcards

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du sexe féminin

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female

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le statut, la position, la place des femmes dans la société

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women’s status in society

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le déséquilibre entre les sexes

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gender imbalance

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les inégalités entre les hommes et les femmes

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gender inequalities

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5
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la guerre entre les sexes

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gender war

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un phallocrate, un machiste

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a (male) chauvinist

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le machisme

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machismo

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la misogynie

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misogyny

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un misogyne

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a mysoginist

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le sexisme

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sexism

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des préjugés sexistes

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sexist prejudices

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le féminisme

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feminism

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le mouvement des femmes, le mouvement pour les droits de la femme

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the Women’s Movement, the women’s rights movement

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s’émanciper

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to become emancipated

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15
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rendre les femmes autonomes

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to empower women

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16
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Le deuxième sex

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The Second Sex

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un mariage forcé/ arrangé

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a forced marriage / an arranged marriage

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un mariage blanc

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a sham marriage, a marriage of convenience

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19
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une dot

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a dowry

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20
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la polygamie

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polygamy

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21
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polygame

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polygamous

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22
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l’excision

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female circumcision, female genital mutilation

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23
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une femme battue

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a battered wife

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violence conjugale, familiale

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domestic violence

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25
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être privé du droit de vote

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to be disenfranchised

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le droit de vote

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the right to vote

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27
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tomber enceinte

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to become pregnant

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les femmes en âge d’avoir des enfants

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women of childbearing age

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29
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la pilule (contraceptive)

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the (contraceptive) pill

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30
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prendre la pilule

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to be on the pill

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31
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partir en congé maternité

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to go on maternity leave

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32
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congé parental

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parental leave, career break

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33
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s’occuper des enfants

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to look after one’s children

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élever un enfant

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to bring up, to raise a child

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l’éducation des enfants

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the upbringing of children, child rearing, parenting

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36
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des enfants d’âge scolaire

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school-age children

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37
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une femme au foyer, une ménagère

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a housewife

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faire le ménage

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to do the housework

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faire la cuisine / la lessive / la vaisselle / les courses

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to do the cooking / washing / washing-up / shopping

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passer l’aspirateur (instead of hoovering)

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to do the vacuuming / to vacuum

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les appareils ménagers

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domestic appliaces

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household chores

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les tâches ménagères

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une femme d’intérieur

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a homemaker

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termes pour partler d’une house wife

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supermum, soccer mom, hockey mom

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être confronté à un dilemme

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to be faced with a dilemma

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un crèche, une garderie

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a nursery, a day-care centre (GB), a child-care center

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une nounou, une nourrice

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a nanny

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une assistante maternelle, une nourrice

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a childminder

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trouver un équilibre entre travail et famille

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to balance, combine work and family

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jongler pour concilier carrière et famille

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to juggle a career and a family

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concilier

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to reconcile

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les responsabilités familiales

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family responsailities

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être dépendant financièrement de qqn

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to be financially dependent on sb

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gagner sa vie

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to earn a living, to make a living

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subvenir aux besoins de sa famille

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to support one’s family

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nourrir ses enfants

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to feed one’s children

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être celui qui fait vivre sa famille

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to be the breadwinner

58
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c’est elle qui fait vivre sa famille

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she is the family wage earner

59
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faire bouillir la marmite

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to bring home the bacon

60
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la main d’oeuvre féminine

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female labour

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l’emploi des femmes

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female employment

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les femems représentent x%

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women make up x% of the workforce

63
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faire carière

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to have a career

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être une femme qui travaille

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to be a working woman

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une femme qui fait carrière

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a career woman

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travailler à temps partiel OU à mi-temps

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a work part time

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travailler à plein temps

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to work full time

68
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What is the Equal Pay Act

A

(1963), it made it illegal to pay men and women different wage rates for jobs that require equal skill and responsability. Similar Act in GB 1970 and France 1972.

69
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l’égalité des salaires

A

equal pay

70
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le différentiel de salaire entre les sexes

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the gender pay gap, the gender wage gap

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nommer qqn à un poste

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to appoint sb to a post

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être en concurrence avec les hommes

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to compete with men

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un poste à responsabilités

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a responsible job

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un poste de haut niveau

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a top job

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un emploi subalterne

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a menial job

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réussir sa carrière

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to have a successful career

77
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les obstacles à la promotion des femmes

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barriers to female advancement

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une chasse gardée pour les hommes

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a male preserve

79
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introduire une discrimination contre quelqu’un

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to discriminate against sb

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être victime de discrimination

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to be discriminated against

81
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le harcèlement

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harassment

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le harcèlement sexuel

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sexual harassment

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la parité

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parity

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sous-représenté

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under-represented

85
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instaurer des quotas

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to introduce quotas

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l’instauration de quotas

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the introduction of quotas

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la discrimination positive

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affirmative action

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l’égalité des chances

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equal opportunity

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égalitaire

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egalitarian

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l’égalitarisme

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egalitarianism

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atteindre l’égalité avec les hommes

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to achieve equality with men