\r\nCreated as a result of two French women who adore podcasts and love talking about anything and everything meeting one another, 100 Tabou tackles the subjects which are not discussed in society. Wages, gynaecological violence, sexuality, parenthood or addiction: if it is difficult to talk about it openly, they will do so.\r\n<\/p>\n\n\n
Manon grew up in a typical, modestly well-off family, but in which there are many subjects which are not talked about. At the age of 18, she left the family home to commence her studies in a very male and misogynistic world, one with very few women. It was only when she started working that she was able to spend more time with women and was made aware of numerous subjects, such as feminism, which she had no inkling of previously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jo for her part spent her childhood in very mixed neighbourhoods of the Paris region. She doesn\u2019t feel that she has these taboos in her life and it is only recently, when she talks about them with Manon, that she has become aware of the things which are not discussed in society. \u2018In my family we talked about everything, so it was frustrating to realise that around me this wasn\u2019t the case,\u2019 she says. \u2018Sometimes I was even told not to raise certain subjects.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The idea came to Jo\u2019s mind in the spring of 2021. As Manon had already created a podcast, they were able to get the project up and running very quickly. Before starting, they had imagined a whole series of themes they wanted to tackle. \u2018Obviously, there are many subjects we know nothing about or had not experienced, as we are two women without children in heterosexual relationships.\u2019 So, more often than not, they adapt to the people who wish to share their experiences, in particular by means of appeals for witnesses on their Instagram page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The subjects discussed in the podcast can at times be difficult to listen to, above all, for a listener who is going through a similar experience. The women therefore pay particular care to choose interlocutors who have some perspective on their experiences and can thus offer solutions or advice. \u2018That is what I identify with,\u2019 explains Manon. \u2018What I love in these episodes is that the listeners become aware that they are not alone in what they are going through and that they can obtain potential solutions, answers from the interviewees. That is how I see the broadcast.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Jo there is also the liberating aspect of people being able to talk about things they have never shared. Some people come to get something off their chest even though they have never talked about it with the people around them, because they hope that it will do them some good. \u2018I love offering that to the listener, and to the interviewee as well,\u2019 she confides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nI think it takes more than just one person wishing to break a taboo. It has to go both ways.<\/p>\nManon<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The goal of 100 Tabou<\/a> is to loosen tongues and to free minds, but it has not managed to encourage conversation within Manon\u2019s family, and she says that she never talks to them about the subjects addressed in the podcast\u2019s episodes. \u2018I think it takes more than just one person wishing to break a taboo. It has to go both ways,\u2019 she admits. \u2018But on the other hand, it has personally opened me up to many subjects, so if someone approaches me to talk about them, it\u2019s always a pleasure.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jo for her part has a more direct approach, not hesitating to be the one to start the conversation herself. \u2018My family opens up to sensitive subjects gradually, but I jump straight in a lot more,\u2019 she explains, adding with a chuckle that she readily brings up subjects at the dinner table during family get-togethers. Her brother and sister-in-law have for that matter made this the subject of an episode on the podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After just one and a half years, the two friends are proud of the feedback they have received from their interlocutors. For many it has been a liberating experience. Several of them have even been able to subsequently talk about it with their families or their friends. For others it has at times also become a kind of supporting document to say: \u2018I don\u2019t have the courage to say it to your face, but listen to the episode and afterwards, if you like, we can discuss it,\u2019 adds Jo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remarkable subjects, at times hard to bear<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Of the 32 episodes produced up until now, one of those which most affected Jo was the one she recorded with her sister-in-law and her brother on gynaecological violence. In addition to being connected to the birth of her niece, it is a subject which has always bothered her and it was important for her to talk about it. This episode also had the advantage of involving two interlocutors and thus hearing the father\u2019s point of view<\/a> on the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n