Controversial sexual harassment seminars

In the wake of the Weinstein scandal and in an attempt to stamp out the widespread problem of sexual harassment that is virtually unlimited in any country, France’s National Film Commission (CNC) introduced a three-point plan that required beneficiaries of financial assistance from the mass film agency to undergo sensitivity training, draft detailed prevention protocols, and keep advisors are always available.

Although the plan was authored by the author in 2019 to target producers and senior executives – production heads asked for community support, the program later opened up. wide to include a broader industry. In 2021, the film board tasked the High Commission for Technical Imaging (CST) trade association with running and holding four separate sessions of varying lengths and focus, aiming to into the broader filmmaking community.

Offering extensive training plans targeted at manufacturers, HR representatives and production managers, CST held the first two sessions earlier this month, among others, attracting feedback. mixed reactions on social media.

Formation soit cette est utile et pourquoi la limiter à une seule Profession montrée du doigt, soit elle ne sert à rien, et pourquoi nous l’imposer? https://t.co/LT30U65PZt

– JeanLabadie (@LabadieLePacte) January 22, 2022

Le Pacte producer and distributor Jean Labadie tweeted: “Either this training is useful and why limit it to a single profession, or it is useless, and why impose it on we”.

Mardi dernier, j’étais au CNC pour suivre is a picture «prévenir et agir contre les violences sexistes et sexuelles au travail», sans laquelle les producteurs sont désormais privés des aides de l’état. Petit exemple de ce qu’on nous enseigne. pic.twitter.com/onpTIVWZyj

– Saïd Ben Saïd (@ saidbensaid66) January 22, 2022

Je précise que je suis très favorite à des action de sensibilisation dans ce domaine mais pas sous cette forme. C’est Infantilisant et contreproductif. L’angle d’approche n’est pas le bon. https://t.co/gGaidklsTG

– Saïd Ben Saïd (@ saidbensaid66) January 24, 2022

“Last Tuesday, I was at CNC for a training course ‘Prevent and Take Action Against Gender Discrimination and Sexual Violence in the Workplace’, if no producer has time. this has been deprived of state aid,” wrote “Benedetta” producer Saïd Ben Saïd. Sharing about a series of slides, the veteran producer made it clear that he was “very favorable” to the larger mission. of it but took aim at what he calls the “rejuvenating and counterproductive” approach of the curriculum, pointing to one particular slide that reads: “Who can be an abuser? He could be: a good father; an excellent director; kind and attentive to his crew; a bad performer. [just] monster or sickness. “

A travers ce petit chef-d’œuvre de niaiserie, qui dit assez bien le niveau de l’intervention, jeprislais dire que cette entreprise a été mal préparée, mal amenée et mal assise. La bonne volonté est indéniable mais elle ne fait jamais bon ménage avec l’opportunisme idéologique. https://t.co/gGaidklsTG

– Saïd Ben Saïd (@ saidbensaid66) January 23, 2022

“Through this little masterpiece of silliness, which pretty well illustrates the extent of the interference, I would say this business is poorly prepared, poorly led and poorly supported,” tweeted Ben Saïd. “Good will is undeniable, but it is never good with ideological opportunism.”

For his part, CST director Baptiste Heynemann said he was not surprised. “Of course the old world would resist, and if they didn’t, we wouldn’t need these training sessions,” he said. Diversity.

“These are trousers, and I would call them old world people, regardless of their actual age,” continued Heynemann. “The old world had no era, no gender, no single social-occupational category. Of course, men can be as many victims as women. But the instigators, regardless of the gender of the victim, are 90% male.”

“To people who complain that you don’t have the right to be straight white, I’d say: Of course you have a right to all of that,” he added. “But on the other hand, 90% of harassment cases come from that category. So at some point, to be part of that overwhelming crowd, you need to step up. ”

“So, I say, partridges stay away,” Heynemann said. “Go to Twitter and complain all you want, then come and join the session and you will understand.”