ABSTRACT

To illustrate this chapter, we will be working from a small data table featuring an extract of the results of a survey which, though not recent, is rather remarkable.1 Completed by 1724 women, a long questionnaire, which, among other things, featured a battery of questions relating to their attitude toward women’s work. This data represents a turning point in history in sociological terms. The end of the 1960s also marked the end of a number of feminist struggles, particularly regarding women’s access to paid work (in France, women could not work without their husband’s consent before 1965). It is for this reason that a number of studies concerning women’s opinions were conducted at this time. Our illustration features two questions; the headings for these questions and the responses can be found in Table 2.1.