New Book Explores Gender Inequality and Misogyny in Moroccan Society

Many women are convinced of the existence of a natural order to their disadvantage. They assume a pejorative perception of their own sex, thus giving reason to misogyny.

The book entitled "The Denied Sex, Femininity, Masculinity and Sexuality in Morocco", deals with the inferiority of women. It is a work by Osire Glacier, published by the "La croisée des chemins" editions. The work is the result of a long reflection on the inferiority of women, more specifically in Morocco and in human societies in general, says the author.

With this work, Osire Glacier, born in Agadir in the 1960s, examines how the themes of the body, the feminine, the masculine and the sexual are established and conveyed by language, the media, literature and the law in post-independence Morocco. She also addresses the survivals of the patriarchal order in the French and English languages, as well as in the imaginary of Hollywood cinema.

The objective of this work is therefore to reveal the dynamics that produce the depreciation of the female sex in the patriarchal order based on the principle of the primacy of masculinity with its corollary. The author also sheds light on the function played by sexuality in the realization, stabilization and perpetuation of this hierarchy.

It should be recalled that this same patriarchal order produces a masculine associated with domination, aggression and violence. This inversely produces a feminine associated with submission, passivity and gentleness. It then produces distinct women and men. It also produces a particular conception of power. This power is indeed, sexed and sexualized, since it is both masculine power but also a power whose ultimate expression is the sexual appropriation of the female body, reveals l’Économiste.