Nothing seems more honorable and generous than to proclaim the equality between man and woman as a fundamental value, an inalienable right or an indispensable condition of a fair structured society. Launched by the young feminist movement in the 60s, enthusiastically taken over and investigated by some specialists in humanities, faced with skepticism in the conservative mediums, such thesis provoked a lot of discussions degenerated in ardent polemics. Indeed, by its heterogeneous theoretical and practical dimensions, by its placement in the insecure area where reality meets utopia, by the surprising consequences drawn in the sphere of politics wishing to fulfill it, the concept turns out to be rather problematic, constantly open to interpretations and redefinitions. Insufficient by itself and involved in various lexical connections, featuring new meanings and requesting a larger perspective of approach, it raises justified questions, feeds unwanted confusions and asks for reiterated determinations of its semantic content. Sometimes for tempering, other times for intensifying its ambitions. The attempts to diminish its fluctuations and standardize it in the scientific research area succeeded only partly and unconvincing. The present study proposes to examine some of the facets of the egalitarian vision, its motivational backgrounds and distinct metamorphosis, triumphs and failures.
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