Impacts 2022 – Léa JOUAN, Alumni 2018

How to approach questions of gender stereotypes in secondary school? Léa has taken up this issue by creating a cooperative game for the Canopé network, in partnership with the Loire-Atlantique department and the MGEN. Created as part of her degree project, the game "C’est cliché, les stéréotypes de genre" (Gender stereotypes are such a cliché) has just been published and marketed by the French National Education.

Léa started this project when the #Metoo wave was sweeping France and the issue of discrimination was all over the news.

After launching a consultation phase with the help of experts (education assistants, teachers, transgender and LGBT associations, etc.), Léa simultaneously undertook a phase of immersion in middle schools.

"I realized how uncomfortable teachers were addressing the subject and how ill-equipped they were to do so."

She also notes that the issue of gender "is particularly prevalent among young people in middle school" and that it represents "a major issue, because it is a determining factor in their choice of career path, but also in the construction of their identity."

"The feedback from teachers has been very constructive," assures Léa. "Thanks to this medium, the pupils found it easier to talk about these questions, which can sometimes be tricky to tackle."

In this game, there are no right or wrong answers, the objective is to launch the debate and to encourage reflection on the issue of gender stereotypes.