A

Activism

A system of conduct that emphasizes direct action (political, social).

Anti-Robespierrist

In history, opposed to Robespierre's theses

Apogee (of the female condition)

Highest point or degree that one can reach.

Autodidact

A person who has learned by himself, without a teacher

B

Best-sellers

A book with great commercial success

C

Citizen (athena)

Athenian citizens are free men. They have civil rights (owning land and a house), legal rights (the right to judge those who have not respected the laws) and political rights (voting and being elected)

Claim

Action to claim, to demand, to express one's discontent towards a problem

Consent

The fact that each person agrees to the activity taking place, whether it is sexual intercourse, kissing or any other gesture of a sexual nature. ... The consent of the partners must be clear, free and informed. If these conditions are not met, it may be sexual assault.

D

Discrimination

Judgments towards a person who is different

E

Equality

Absence of any discrimination between human beings, in terms of their rights: political, civil, social equality.

F

Federalist

Political system in which a federal state shares constitutional powers with the member states, which are sovereign in their own areas of jurisdiction.

H

Habits

Habits of life, customs (of a people, a society, a group)

Heptalogy

Sequence of seven elements (7 books of Harry Potter)

I

Ideology

Social movement that aims at the emancipation of women, the extension of their rights in order to equalize their status with that of men,

Incipit

First words of a book

Injustice

Act, decision contrary to justice

Insatiable (appetite for knowledge)

One who cannot be satiated, satisfied

Intersectionnality

Methodology that forms of domination and discrimination are linked, they have a common intersection (race, gender, class); intersectionality is a feminist approach

L

Lesbian

Homosexual woman

LGBT

Community including lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals

Liberal (men)

Men in favor of individual liberties, in politics, in economy

Lyrical (poets)

Express with a certain passion the personal feelings of the author

M

Militant

Who actively fights in ideological struggles

Misogynist

One who feels contempt, even hatred, for women

Mythical (woman)

Belonging to a myth; having the characteristics of a myth (Stories)

O

Opus

artistic production (in our case: literary)

Order (nobility & religious)

Belonging to the clergy or nobility implied privileges... but this hierarchy was considered by definition as legitimate

P

Patriarchal (Society)

Society in which the man is above the woman, he must express his authority so that the woman submits

R

Revolutionary

Partisan of the revolution

S

Sacred (mariage)

The marriages must be done according to conditions which relate to the divine, the religious

Senate

in antiquity, name given to various political assemblies

Sexism

Attitude of discrimination based on gender (mostly female)

Stereotypes

Opinion toute faite réduisant les particularités, c’est donc un cliché / généralité

Suffrage

Ready-made opinion reducing the particularities, it is thus a cliché / generality

T

Tribune

Elevated place, platform where an assembly gathers.

W

Work of popularization

it must be able to be approached without prior external knowledge, even if the reader is very quickly led to make efforts.