In the agricultural world, women represent 25% of " farm managers " or "
co-farmers ". So, when a person comes to a farm and asks a woman, "Where's theboss?" ", she has a good chance of having it in front of her. ---- "Where is theboss? Yet it is one of those phrases that women farmers hear repeatedly. It isalso the title that Maud Bénézit and Les Paysannes en Polaire have chosen fortheir comic strip. It chronicles with a lot of humor the daily life of threepeasant women, marked by the recurrence of sexist oppression.Some of these oppressions are specific to the agricultural milieu, such as thequestion of social status and of the " collaborating spouse " (mostly occupied bywomen). With this status, farm managers contribute for their spouse, for lesserpension rights and on condition that the spouse is not paid !The low presence of women in agricultural bodies and unions is also discussed: "parity at the Confédération paysanne, we snatched it from only one-third of womenfor two-thirds of men " [1].The gender distribution of tasks on the farm is of course illustrated, inparticular through a woman who takes charge of all the domestic tasks in additionto milking the cows and processing them into cheese, while her husband plows.Another problem : agricultural equipment is designed for men : " Pierre made themilking platform at his height ". The abundance of gendered representations isobvious : difficult and painful work for the man, meticulous and delicate tasksfor the woman... As a politician said to a peasant woman : " But you are notreally on the farm, you you're next door aren't you?»Agricultural sexism and ordinary sexismSeveral anecdotes of ordinary sexism are noted, in the public space (" we canrefuse you nothing with such a pretty smile "), as in the private space (" bravoto Anouk who opened the oysters ! "). And as often, a man " does a favor " to afarmer by taking a chainsaw out of her hands " to explainto her".The beekeeper of the comic strip, homosexual, also points to the fear ofappearing as a couple in her village. Feminist sentiment develops page afterpage, and a peasant woman goes from "Ah no, I'm not a feminist.[...]I feel morehumanistic.» participation in non-mixed meetings and work sites.This immersion in the agricultural and rural context is successful. Thedifficulties related to installation, the question of the transmission of farms,the weight of health standards and administrative procedures in the midst ofauthorities that cling to the dominant industrial model, the central place oftraining and Cooperation.This is where the boss rings true, far from the caricatures of the countrysideand agriculture. It is a very rich comic strip, where each bubble counts andinvites us to deepen the subjects and to take a closer interest in theagricultural anti-patriarchal struggles [2].And as a colleague, breeder associated with her husband in GAEC [3], said whenshe saw the book in our producer store : " She is the boss !»Eric (UCL Livradois)Maud Bénézit & the Peasants in Polar, Where is the boss? Chronicles of peasantwomen, MARAbulles editions, 2021, 176 pages, 19.95 euros.To validate[1]Quotes taken from conferences on the representation of women in agriculturalbodies and on the adaptation of equipment for all to review onSalonbio.fr/webconferences-les-replays[2]Some resources on the CIVAM website (Centres for initiatives to promoteagriculture and rural areas) onCivam.org/femmes-et-milieu-rural/les-questions-de-genre-en-reseau[3]The GAEC (Groupement agricole d'exploitation en commun) " between spouses "has been authorized since 2010 and allows women to free themselves from thestatus of collaborating spouse.https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?BD-il-est-ou-le-patron_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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