Quote Originally Posted by Philippus Flavius Homovallumus View Post
Let's be honest - France is a very sexist place.
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Christine Lagarde is, I believe, notable for being - well - rather tan for a Frenchwoman. Even as girls French females tend to have greater poise, elegance and self-possession than, say, English or American ones. This is a whispered subject among English boys on holiday but quite how it is achieved is a mystery believed known only to the women of France.
Do english boys know how to whisper? That's not what we ear when we see them on holidays. English boys on holidays are on par whith southern french when it comes to womanizing. Those qualities of french ladies you admire, are just adaptation to a very very rude environment.

And Mrs Lagarde boasts à very shocking nasty artificial tanning, like many ladies of her caste.

Finally, let's be honest; France is dramatically sexist, has always been and is getting worse for ten years now.