Word: chaumiere
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...Perhaps, but the decades-long focus on producing offspring means that the republic lags its neighbors in recognizing the new revolution taking place inside its homes. Serge Chaumier, professor of cultural sociology at the University of Bourgogne, France, says that "Women without children are very stigmatized in France. A woman who has no children is seen as an amputee." There's not much official enthusiasm for new forms of family, either. "For a long time, France has been a country that follows public opinion," says Joël Bedos, 41, an external relations advisor for an international ngo who lives...
...shown that fathers in the 30 to 40-year-old age range are less likely to be remote, disciplinarian figures than their predecessors: "These men spoke to the fetus, were present at the birth; they refuse to accept the idea of their children growing up without them." Professor Chaumier has noted an increasing emphasis on home life. He says "People withdraw into their family as the last bastion capable of giving meaning to their lives because they don't find much meaning elsewhere - not in politics, projects or work, and not in the future." That's ironic, because such...