Introduction The article under consideration, Male Space and Female Space within the Provençal Community by Lucienne Roubin discusses gender segregation in the Provençal village. Roubin begins with characterizing the community in general emphasizing the distinction between male and female spaces. The ambrette club existing within this community is a concept that exemplifies this distinction: “The ambrette club is a constant and concrete indication of the existence of male society [that] emphasizes the distance separating it from female society” (Roubin 153). This is not the only aspect of the Provençal community that the article discusses; the author also mentions certain village festivals, celebrations, rituals, and traditions. However, male and female spaces remain the primary focus of the article. With ‘ambrette remaining one of the most difficult and important concepts throughout the article, Roubin’s piece of writing considers such important points of the Provençal Community’s male space as the presence of the wine cellars and the village square as the heart of the male space and such important points of the female space as guardianship and fragmentation of the female society. Male Space within the Provençal Community: Important Points To begin with, the male space in the community under analysis can be characterized by the absolute separation from the female one. Roubin starts by mentioning that wine cellars serve as a mark of the male world; they should be constructed in every place linked to the male world. Wine cellars are used not only for the festival days; they are a place where men can have rest and enjoy pleasant conversations: “Cool in summer and comfortable in winter, the wine cellars have always been and remain today a retreat where men frequently meet their friends” (Roubin 153). During the winter months evening meetings are held there; moreover, they are often used as a refuge for the male brotherhoods. Therefore, males within the Provençal Community have a separate space that women are not allowed to enter. Another important characteristic of the male space is the village square which, together with its appendages, serves as a heart of the male society. Once this place served for different male celebrations; for the time when the article was written, 1977, the square was a place where men could exchange news, but, again, with no interference of women: “The women pass by, coming and going as they do their work, crossing the square and warming themselves in the sun in small groups along its periphery, but they do not stop long to chat unless it is market day” (Roubin 154). Despite all these restrictions for women, Roubin still stresses that none of the areas, male or female, is regarded as subordinate though the domain of women has narrower spatial limits than that of men. Female Space within the Provençal Community: Important Points Roubin offers certain explanations as to why women had such narrow spatial limits by discussing such aspects of the female space as guardianship and female society fragmentation. First of all, women are exposed to the guardianship on the part of the male members of the family from their childhood: “First there is the guardianship of the father during childhood and adolescence, continued during a woman’