FranceMise en situation n° 52 · Rights and duties
Yasmine’s boss often makes remarks about her body and sends her embarrassing messages. She is afraid of losing her job. What can she do?
In the exam (French)
Le chef de Yasmine fait souvent des remarques sur son corps et lui envoie des messages gênants. Elle a peur de perdre son travail. Que peut-elle faire ?
- aWait until he touches her to have the right to react.Attendre qu'il la touche pour avoir le droit de réagir.
- bKeep the messages and ask for help, or file a complaint.Garder les messages et demander de l'aide, ou porter plainte.Correct answer
- cResign, because it is the only solution provided by law in this case.Démissionner, car c'est la seule solution prévue par la loi dans ce cas.
- dNothing, because her boss has full authority over her at work.Rien, car son chef a toute autorité sur elle au travail.
Why?
Sexual harassment is forbidden and punished by law. The victim cannot be punished or dismissed for having reported it. Yasmine can keep the messages as evidence and get help from the staff representatives, the occupational doctor (médecin du travail), the labour inspectorate or the Defender of Rights (Défenseur des droits).
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Source
Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.
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