One woman in Versailles has made it her life’s work to teach people the correct way to behave in French polite society: from the polite way to eat soup to specific gender rules.
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00:28The importance of good manners in France is real,
00:32especially today where society has no more landmarks.
00:36And it allows us to stand out and to know exactly what to do,
00:42how to do, whatever the circumstances,
00:45to always feel at ease and to stand out by our ease and our elegance.
00:51Of course, we look each other in the eye.
00:54We need this visual contact.
00:56This is very French.
00:58And if necessary, there is this handshake,
01:01which must be frank, but without crushing,
01:04without showing too much authority or superiority.
01:08Well, there are little codes to know.
01:11And then, if not, if it becomes a little more friendly,
01:14you know we have our famous kiss.
01:17When it is a narrow staircase,
01:19and it is true that at home I have a very concrete example,
01:22the staircase is narrow and high,
01:24if the woman goes up first and the man follows behind,
01:27he will have the right to have the bottom of his back,
01:30which is not necessarily very pleasant for one or the other.
01:33Whereas if he goes up first, there will be less embarrassment.
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