Is this a job for women?

Women will therefore be able to be auctioneers (auctioneer has a feminine gender), thanks to the decree which appears today in the Official Journal. Do they have reason to rejoice and should they consider access to a career that was previously closed to them as a new victory?

Hum! The job of auctioneer is not always fun. Certainly, a woman will be able, just like a man and with more grace than him, to wield the ivory hammer and be the focal point of the regulars at the Auction House. But most often, it is among the poor, in slums, that the commissioners go to sell the goods of insolvent debtors. And, to accomplish such a task, one must have a fairly dry heart. But women are sensitive, they say.