Christelle Taraud that is particularly the case in France, where history - notably the French Revolution - has played a major role in establishing French identity.
But she argues that France needs to come to terms with its colonial past to better deal with the issues of equality and integration.
She's called for a rewriting of French history to more fully recognise the importance of the colonial population in the history of France. (Listen @5'00)A young, radical branch of feminism in France, nourished by the #Metoo movement and the fight against sexual violence, is impatient with the older, universalist French model.