If you want to succeed, shut up and don't say you want some of their power

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"Le recours aux vertus politiques ''féminines'' permet d'évacuer de la revendication paritaire toute dimension conflictuelle: l'accent mis sur l'apport spécifique des femmes à la vie politique et leur complémentarité objective avec les hommes conduit à une euphémisation des rapports de pouvoir entre les sexes, présentés comme d'éternels partenaires. En somme, les revendications féministes ont d'autant plus de chances d'être intégrées à l'agenda politique institutionnel qu'elles auront été dépouillées de leur caractère agonistique".

Laure Bereni et Eléonore Lépinard (2004), " ''Les femmes ne sont pas une catégorie''. Les stratégies de légitimation de la parité en France" in Revue française de science politique, vol. 54, n°1: 71-98.

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