Brigitte Macron, wife of Emmanuel Macron filmed using sexist slur at Paris theatre

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Brigitte Macron is facing a legal complaint from several organisations, including women’s rights groups, after she was filmed saying feminist protesters at a theatre show in Paris were “stupid bitches”.

More than 300 women – specifically 343, a historically symbolic number in French feminism – this week filed the complaint against the French first lady for public insult.

A video filmed last week showed Macron in discussion backstage at the Folies Bergère theatre in Paris with Ary Abittan, a French actor and comedian who was previously accused of rape.

She was attending his show with her daughter and some friends. The previous night, feminist campaigners had disrupted the show, shouting: “Abittan, rapist!”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/17/brigitte-macron-france-lawsuit-feminism-sales-connes

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1. How disappointing

I thought she was better than this.

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2. Not only did she say it, she defended it later. Incredibly disappointing.

From another salle conne.

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3. I wondered if some women might not vote for Macron in the future because of this, but he is a feminist supporter

https://www.ipis.ir/en/bookview1/682649/women-role-in-france-presidential-elections

Women Role in France Presidential Elections

The recent presidential elections were held in two rounds on April 10 and April 24 of 2022. Among the 12 electoral nominees were four women, and in the 2nd round we witnessed the competition between Mr. Macron and Ms. Le Pen. Of the 48.7 million people registering for casting votes, Mr. Macron managed to obtain 58.55% of the votes in the 2nd round. This is while, 60% of the women voted for him. The question here is how come the women community voted fewer to the woman
nominee –Ms. Le Pen?

But more surprising than all, Ms. Le Pen, as the second candidate of the elections and main rival of Macron, who made it to the second round, gave no feminist promises and did not tie her election to the women rights. She, in her party campaign (National Front), did not follow feminist movements, and in her electoral campaign, had bradly promised that she would support combat against sexual violence and violence perpetrated by foreigners (meaning immigrants) against the victims, if elected. About the women and girls of her country, she declared that their security for safe traffic and how to dress must be protected at any hour of the night.

But Mr. Macron, who was president during his first term, tried to appoint an equal number of men and women to ministries, and even his efforts led him to appointing 14 men and 17 women among his ministers and advisors, something unprecedented in the previous terms and years.