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This article studies gender during general election in 2012. Thanks to an observant participation as candidate for an ecological party, it shows that feminity associated with youth is used in a vote-catching purpose. Being a young woman is valued at first in the party. It avoids financial penalties, eliminates opponents and contributes to the political renewal. However, this strategy promoted by ecologist activists contributes to the marginalization. Political actors (others candidates, media or voters) discredit youth and, above all, female. This ethnography constitutes an original contribution to understand the complexity of gender issue in politic.