Transcription effectuée sur la plateforme TACT: http://tact.demarre-shs.fr/ Etat de la fiche sur TACT : Transcription en relecture
Texte transcrit
On my generation, the results have beenabove all hopes ! I was a Parisian bourgeoisewhat S. de Beauvoir called "unej.f.rangée",and though I belonged to a privilegedfamily, I litterally didn't see what was wrong with my situation.
For instance, I reached my majority (21 andnot 18 !) without having the right to vote.I was a latin teacher but, being born a wmn,I was considered as incapableand believed (you probablyknow that France was nearly the last country in Europe, just before Switzerland,Greece and Portugal, to grant the right to voteto wmn.
Well I didn't become a feminist. I waseducated to never be violent, never disturb men,smile patiently and waittillTHEY would decideto improve my situation of course, I lived most of my married lifebefore family planning and experienced the dark ages of illegal abortions. And still didn't becomea feminist !! worse: I felt ashamed of being a wmn,unable to master her body, and such a nuisancefor her husband !!
Then I had 2 daughters and once more feltashamed and guilty of disappointing my husband who wanted a BOY.
It's only after my 3 first novels, writtenwith my sister Flora, when I wrote a feministEssay, "Ainsi soit-Elle", that I discoveredthe universality of wmn's expression and