The French Woman is a Femme-enfant

There is the femme fatale.

There is the trophy-wife.

There is the bimbo.

There is the lolita.

And there is the femme-enfant. 

Not long ago, as I was having a conversation on women with male friends, one of them cut short and suddenly told me “you know what, very simply, our type of girls is the femme-enfant one”.

It’s funny coz we all understood what this friend meant by “femme-enfant” so I was wondering if it’s because we were all French. An English translation for “femme-enfant” would be “child-woman”. I asked German friends if there was such a word that could translate “femme-enfant” in German. Funny thing, they actually have “men-children” in Germany! But no femme-enfants. Then I asked a Belgian friend who speaks fluently French and Flemish. Interestingly, the word femme-enfant does not translate into Flemish, which led me to the conclusion that maybe, this concept is proper to the French language and maybe to the French culture.

So let me explain what a femme-enfant is, and if there actually is such a thing as femme-enfants in your language and culture, or any other types of complex gender-related stereotypes, please share!

1. A stereotype of a French woman: the “femme-enfant”

A femme-enfant is a type of women.
It’s a stereotype.

THE GUYS FRENCH WOMEN LIKE

Go for adoption on adoptunmec, French dating website for women

You are a convinced masculinist? I must warn you, it’s not gonna be your cup of tea… maybe you better transfer to that article.

I wanted to share something about the hilarious concept of adopteunmec.com to our fellow interested in France’s worst and best. “Adopte un mec” (adopt a guy) is a French dating website designed for women. Yes, masculinist (what are you still doing here?!), adopt a guy, as in adopt a pet. Or adopt a highway. Or adopt a cto. Have no idea of what the hell, but these are the first suggestions Google shows when I type “adopt a”. Pfff, you can’t adopt a highway!

On adopteunmec, guys upload their profiles, girls surf and chose who they want to  get in touch with. As in the jobs applications jargon, you gotta be “pro-active”. Hum… not sure you should talk about it during you’re job interview, though. Personally I’m in favor of both genders being at least a little pro-active, but some girls are particularly pro-active and this website matches their pro-activeness I guess, while some guys like particularly pro-active girls so it’s perfect, haha!!

Anyways, on this website, girls!, they have all you need! (if you’re a dude, don’t worry, you’ll find a category). First, the whole website is very romantic. Do you see this delicious pink boudoir background? This website was simply conceptualized on the legacy of Marie Antoinette! Second, they have “special pilosity offers”, they “supply the market with geeks”, have a “selection of tattoed and pierced” specimen, and what not!  They have geeks, red haired, tattooed, pierced, hairy fellas, intellectuals, even ninjas!! So much choice! Isn’t that heaven? … no I never tried…

The sexiest dudes according to French women

They published on their blog their top 100 of the guys they would gladly adopt, after a vote gathering 57 434 women from 18 to 40. It’s hell of a sample, I know. So let’s see, who’s among the first 10 dudes?