Watch Bureau of Sexist Affairs

2013
1 Season

In these French comedy shorts, Isabelle Nanty and company present a lineup of the latest offenders from the gender wars. Nanty plays Judge Chaton from the Bureau of Sexist Affairs, middle-aged judge who casts a gimlet eye on the human foibles presented before her bench. Before and after the hearings, she kibbitzes with her enigmatic, metrosexual assistant, Florent Charles.

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Seasons

21. Forced Vacations

January 1, 2013

A young mother describes a vacation with her husband and family - in which her husband's playmates tagged along to keep him entertained.

20. Male Infantilization

January 1, 2013

Superwoman won't let her husband help with the chores because his work doesn't meet her high standards.

19. Employment of Older Women

January 1, 2013

After a A 58-year-old woman is dismissed by male co-workers as over the hill, she brings her complaint to the Judge.

18. Wage Discrimination

January 1, 2013

It's a brave man who has the gall to tell Judge Chaton that women should be paid less than men.

17. Abusive Teaching

January 1, 2013

A gifted student wants to study science, but her Neanderthal professor doesn't think girls can handle the work.

16. Violation of Privacy

January 1, 2013

When a high school girl's intimate photos are posted on Facebook, her reputation is ruined.

15. Feminist Contradictions

January 1, 2013

A young woman confronts the contradictions of her upbringing by a feminist mother, who indulged her husband and son to excess.

14. Fairy Tales

January 1, 2013

Two children's authors can't agree on how to portray women in their books.

13. Physical Education

January 1, 2013

Two ideologues square off when an PE teacher with old-fashioned ideas comes up against a dad who raised his daughter to be a warrior.

11. Manipulation of Images

January 1, 2013

A young graphic artist at a fashion magazine is told by her editor to photoshop images.

10. Sexism in Politics

January 1, 2013

A female politician finds herself combating chauvinist attitudes among her male colleagues.

9. Not Sharing Chores

January 1, 2013

A slacker dad gets his comeuppance after Judge Chaton learns about his parenting during one of his wife's absences.

8. Harmful Influence

January 1, 2013

The mother of a teenage girl finds herself no match for the simplistic slogans on her daughter's T-shirts.

7. Employment Discrimination

January 1, 2013

Judge Chaton stands up for male midwives who get no respect from mainstream female doctors.

6. Representations of Women

January 1, 2013

A music video producer wants an actress to appear half-naked in his video, while she prefers to keep her clothes on and make a point about world poverty.

5. Gender Confusion

January 1, 2013

A school principal insists on only calling the moms when it concerns anything for her students.

4. Overvaluing Boys' Jobs

January 1, 2013

Since when is working on ground-breaking vaccines not enough? When you're a woman with a mother who can only see the successes of your accountant brother.