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...... That absolute equality does not exist in France re: criteria 1 and 4, is easily proven by the case of recent political developments in the French state. As more women have become actively involved in the higher levels of the political process the discourse has changed. Issues of sexual harassment and gender equality, formerly solely in the hands of radical intellectuals are now entering the mainstream. [4] Such discussion did not happen before because the public dialog was controlled almost entirely by French men. Now that women are part of the picture, their opinions and concerns are at long last being brought forward. Women in France can begin to demonstrate how their choices have been limited by their gender and not by some perceived lack of equality as French citizens in an absolute sense. French law can begin to take cognizance of the fact that some French citizens have long been less equal than others, their needs either ignored by the existing law, or actively written out of those same statutes. Having been denied an equal voice in the conduct of French affairs, Frenchwomen have been denied an opportunity to share those affairs and to mold French culture in

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