catherine deneuve has apologised to victims of sexual assault who were offended by a letter that she the movement was impacting french society with many women and men supporting the liberation of women's voice... ..french media took hold of the debate and instead focused its attention on the condemning aspect of the hashtag. some men also got involved in this conversation and felt threatened about what they saw as a witchhunt. so how did it go so wrong? what is it lost in translation? was the tone wrong? but what about simone de beauvoir? back in the 1940s, her bestselling book, the second sex became a reference book forfeminists around the world. it seemed hard to believe that in the country of simone de beauvoir, the french philosopher who shocked the world with her revolutionary gender theories, things had got so bad. i'm looking at the roots of sexism in france. i admit, so far, i'm confused and i need some help, so i'm going to meet experts on the matter. first stop, michelle perrot, the french voice of authority when it comes to women's history. "mad cow", "crazy", "stupid", "u