The Carrefour des métiers au feminine has therefore started on Monday, and for the whole week in Côte-d’Or! A 24th edition to allow young women to learn about the trades that are said or that are still believed to be reserved for men. Because stereotypes are hard on us, as everywhere in France.
Long to move mentalities
“There are stereotypical biases involved” from the recruitment phase, confirms Pauline Lalle, project manager at the FETE association (Woman, Equality, Employment) in Dijon, organizer of the forum. This can generate “big obstacles to the inclusion of women in very masculine sectors. IT, construction, agriculture, are still very masculine strongholds. When professions have been identified as masculine for a very long time, it takes a long time to do. change mentalities. “
Concretely, we still think today that certain skills, physical in particular, are more attributable to men. _ “There are indeed still very entrenched representations, practices, we will think that certain skills are said to be feminine, others masculine, that men would be more advisable for a physical or very technical position. We cannot imagine , we do not even consider women for certain positions, from the start. “, confides Pauline Lalle.
Things are moving … slowly
Looking at the glass half-full, Pauline Lalle nonetheless notes positive developments. “We can see that things are moving, there is better, we have to be optimistic. Both in terms of figures and of the workers who give us feedback. Young women project themselves more, they dare more, have more self-confidence. there is still significant room for improvement. ”
By the end of the week, Internet users connected to the Instagram network will be able to therefore discover the paths of women in sectors identified as more masculine: meetings on construction and crafts, on industry with an electrical mechanic, or a geo-detector of electrical networks.
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