translate English to French: We cannot, in the name of respect for cultural traditions, separate the public from the private sphere and allow women of immigrant origin to be denied equal rights with men. 3. It is important to note that, in most cultures, women are used to be placed at the back by systems based on gender differentiation which assign very often men most of the social, economic, political and social privileges – in one word, the power.
Dans les systèmes fondés sur la différenciation des genres, les hommes ont le plus souvent des privilèges sociaux, économiques, politiques et sexuels, en un mot le pouvoir, la femme étant cantonnée dans la sphère du «privé», les hommes se réservant la sphère noble, du «public».