Abstract
During some of the past presidential campaigns in France and the US, some candidates were women. Although it didn't make much news in the US, because the other candidate was a black man, in France people made much ado about Ségolène Royal's candidacy. We could hear some people saying, 'I'm going to vote for Ségolène because she is a woman' or the opposite. Being a woman was, for Ségolène Royal, a benefit as well as a drawback. As women are getting more involved in politics, the refusal of politicians to share their public space with women grows constantly. Historically, women have always been excluded from the public sphere and showing themselves there was considered as a transgression of the role of their sex. But the main question is, why is it still impossible for women to get into politics?
