Elisabeth Badinter

Elisabeth Badinter

Leading feminist theorist; professor, École Polytechnique in Paris; author, The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women.
Historian and writer Elisabeth Badinter, a professor at the renowned École Polytechnique in Paris, is a leading feminist theorist and one of France’s most respected – and provocative – thinkers. Her latest book, Le Conflit: la femme et la mère (2010), is now available in English translation as The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women.
Latest contributions by Elisabeth Badinter

The Curse of the Perfect Mother

Are women being shackled by expectations of what it takes to be a good mother?