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From the halls of the École Polytechnique in Paris, in a country where women are still resolutely women first and mothers second, where breasts are a female sexual organ first and a mammalian gland ...

Feminist iconoclast Elisabeth Badinter, 68, is a public intellectual in the French design. Her au naturel look—cashmere sweaters and a clipped-back, now silvery mane—has been her uniform for over 30 ...

If you have ever experienced a dark hour of the soul in the middle of a dinner party, where the men seemed to be talking about something intriguing at the end of the table, while you were deeply ...

French feminist philosopher Elisabeth Badinter has never shied away from contrarian opinion, particularly when it comes to motherhood. Jessica Bennett assesses her latest work, The Conflict, which ...

SPIEGEL Interview with French Feminist Elisabeth Badinter 'Women Aren't Chimpanzees' French philosopher Elisabeth Badinter cut her teeth in the women's liberation movement of the 1970s. In a SPIEGEL ...

Élisabeth Badinter (née Bleustein-Blanchet; 5 March 1944) is a French philosopher, author and historian. She is best known for her philosophical treatises on feminism and women's role in society. She ...

As the working mother of five kids—the youngest of whom was up all night alternately vomiting on me or crying feverishly—I am right there with you on wanting more ...

French feminist and philosopher Elisabeth Badinter has hit a nerve with her latest book, The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women, by characterizing a number of seemingly ...

The “mommy war” between stay-at-home and working mothers is in danger of being overshadowed by another maddening contest: the one between mothers in the U.S. and France. Two recent books, Pamela ...

Anyone who is currently caught up in the maelstrom of parenting a small child in this country will be well acquainted with the shibboleths of contemporary maternal culture: "natural pregnancy", ...