Duhamel scandal

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The Duhamel scandal was a scandal at Sciences Po,[1] a leading research university in social sciences located in Paris, and in French society.[2] It was initiated by a book written by  [fr], daughter of Bernard Kouchner, named La Familia Grande, and a series of newspaper articles, in particular those of Le Monde.[3]

Source of Scandal: incestuous rapes, "sexual liberation" of children, and intellectual domination[]

The book and the media relate how an intellectual environment around Olivier Duhamel and Sciences Po enabled an atmosphere of controversial relations between adults and children regarding sex and covered-up rapes committed on the step-son of Olivier Duhamel.[4]

The alleged victim of the rapes confirmed to Le Monde that the revelations of Camille Kouchner are true.[5] His mother, Évelyne Pisier, professor at Sciences Po, privately defended her husband, saying that it was only fellatio and that he regretted it; she also accused Camille of not having told her earlier.[6] Bernard Kouchner learned about it in the 2010s and wanted to bash Duhamel, but Camille Kouchner prevented him. [6][7] Marie-France Pisier, who had a dispute with her sister about disclosing these accusations, was found dead in her swimming pool in 2011. The underlying cause of death was registered as suicide, but it is unclear if this tragic event is linked to the above-mentioned scandal. [8] An investigation concerning Duhamel has been opened by Paris prosecutors in January 2021 about "rape and sexual aggression against a minor".[7][9]

Duhamel organized many events with the French intelligentsia, involving a lot of sex and alcohol and mixing adults and children.[10] In La Familia Grande, Camille Kouchner depicts this environment and how this intelligentsia made intellectual justifications for it. For example, nudity among children and adults was encouraged, Duhamel took photos of the breasts and bottoms of children and adults and put them in large format on the walls.[11][12] According to a witness who talked to Le Nouvel Obs but whose identity has not been revealed, children were told about the loss of his virginity at 12 and were asked to mime in front of parents sexual acts, 12-year old girls were dressed in provocative clothes and make-up and sent to dance with 40-year-old men, older children were asked to tell the audience about their first sexual experience and young boys were "offered" to older women.[10] However, this was "brushed aside as part of the intellectual environment of which Duhamel was part and which was based on "hedonism", "familial saga" and "complex parents-children relations" in the 1970s.[13]

Effects of Scandal[]

Further information: Sciences Po § Duhamel scandal

The scandal was compared to a "bomb" launched on Sciences Po (Le Figaro)[14] and to an "unpinned grenade thrown at Sciences Po" (Le Temps and Courrier International).[15] Olivier Duhamel, director of the National Foundation of Sciences Po, Frédéric Mion, director of Sciences Po, and other members of the board of these institutions resigned. It led to other scandals and a succession crisis. The hashtag #SciencesPorcs was also created.

Two discussion forums were created in French Society: #MetooIncest and #MeTooGay.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Pourquoi l'affaire Duhamel plonge-t-elle Sciences Po dans la tourmente ?". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "After a sluggish start, #MeToo movements pick up steam in France". France 24. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  3. ^ "Olivier Duhamel, l'inceste et les enfants du silence". Le Monde.fr. 4 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Sciences Po, cœur du pouvoir d'Olivier Duhamel". Le Monde. 8 January 2021.
  5. ^ Cohen, Roger (5 January 2021). "Prominent French Intellectual Steps Down Amid Accusations of Incest". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Auffray, Alain; Faure, Sonya; Alemagna, Lilian (4 January 2021). "Le politologue Olivier Duhamel accusé d'inceste par ses beaux-enfants". Libération.fr.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "French intellectual under investigation, accused of raping underage stepson". RFI. 2021-01-05. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  8. ^ Affaire Olivier Duhamel : une enquête avait été ouverte après le suicide de Marie-France Pisier
  9. ^ "Olivier Duhamel: French political scientist faces inquiry over sex abuse claims". BBC News. 2021-01-05. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "" Il était sa propre planète et on gravitait autour " : quand Olivier Duhamel régnait sur Sanary". L'Obs.
  11. ^ ""La familia grande", l'inceste comme mécanisme de domination". Marie Claire.
  12. ^ Les meilleurs extraits de La familia grande
  13. ^ "Vu de Suisse. L'affaire Kouchner/Duhamel, une "grenade dégoupillée lancée sur Sciences Po"". Courrier international (in French). 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  14. ^ "L'onde de choc de l'affaire Duhamel". Le Figago.
  15. ^ "A Sciences Po, le scandale mine la fabrique de l'élite". Le Temps. 12 January 2021.
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