Caroline Fourest's book “riddled with errors”, denounces a forum

« Accuracy lapses », « book full of errors », « complete ignorance of work on sexual and gender-based violence “. While the jury for the Femina essay prize must pronounce its verdict on Tuesday, November 5, several French personalities including Judith Godrèche, Hélène Devynck and Anouk Grinberg denounce in an article published in The New Obs the presence of Vertigo MeToo: Finding balance after the new revolution by Caroline Fourest in the selection.

In his book published in September, the essayist states that “not all #metoos are equal” and asks himself “chow to recognize fake MeToo from the real one ? ” There is ” those who are suspected of having used force or exercised their control, and sometimes simple rejects, who are accused of isolated clumsiness “, she writes. This work, strongly criticized by feminists, is “ full of errors » according to the signatories of the forum. These denounce in particular a lack “ journalistic investigation » since Caroline Fourest would not have « contacted any of the signatories of this text to verify their information before questioning them ». According to them, the essayist was content to relay the testimonies of “boys terrified of MeToo ».

Backlash

She would also have wrongly disputed Anouk Grinberg's statement “everyone who worked with Depardieu in the cinema knows that he attacks women”estimating that “reality is always more complicated”. Caroline Fourest too often discredits the victims' point of view » and wrongly writes “ about Judith Godrèche, that it would be “a very old world that its accusations tell us”, while it is still current », castigate the signatories. The latter conclude that “ participate in 2024 in the promotion of Caroline Fourest's essay, after having rewarded it in 2023 Sad Tiger, by Neige Sinno, would inevitably appear, in the fight against sexual and gender-based violence, as a step backwards, or backlash ». The signatories invite us not to confuse “ feminine and feminist ».