Friday essay: ‘rape is civil war’ – the unfinished business of #MeToo opens radical conversations about consent
With the re-election of Donald Trump, the sex-trafficking allegations against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and the Gisele Pelicot case, ...
French women 'stunned' as partners accused in mass rape trial
The wives and girlfriends of dozens of men on trial in France accused of raping another woman while she was drugged by her ...
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The Gisèle Pelicot rape trial shines a new spotlight on consent
17, 2024. (Diane Jantet/AP Photo) AVIGNON, France (CN) — Every day, Gisèle Pelicot sits in a courtroom to watch testimonies and defense arguments from the 51 men on trial for raping her. Dominique ...
The Horror of the Pelicot Trial Goes Far Beyond This Case
Gisele Pelicot is seen at the court on Sept. 2, 2024 in Avignon, France. Credit - Arnold Jerocki—. T he trial of Dominique ...
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‘She’s his wife, he can do what he wants’: after #MeToo, the Mazan rape trial and the banality of patriarchal violence
The case of Gisèle Pelicot, drugged by her husband and raped by more than 50 men over a ten year period in Mazan, France, has ...
French Mass Rape Trial Lights Debate Over Assault
For daring to defy the dozens of men accused of raping her while she was drugged by her husband, Gisele Pelicot has become a feminist heroine in France and abroad.
Why Gisèle Pelicot, at the heart of France's shocking mass rape trial, is being called a hero
It's not unusual for Gisèle Pelicot to be greeted with applause when she walks through the courthouse in the southern French ...
‘Not just dark alleys’: A grandmother’s brave stand against sexual violence
The case has exposed disturbing gaps in French law and sparked nationwide protests demanding reform. Pelicot says she was ...
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It Isn’t Gisèle Pelicot’s Responsibility to Change the Conversation Around Rape—But She Might Just Do It Anyway
When you’re raped there is shame and it’s not for us to have shame, it’s for them,” Madame Pelicot told a French court on Wednesday.
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Mass rape survivor Gisele Pelicot urges victims not to be ashamed—and hopes her case will change society for generations of women
- Pelicot's power. This week, Gisele Pelicot took the stand in France. If you haven't followed her case, consider this a trigger warning: the details are, put simply, horrifying. Pelicot, 72 ...
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France grapples with idea of ‘ordinary’ rapists at Gisèle Pelicot trial
(Lily Radziemski/Courthouse News) AVIGNON, France (CN) — Most of the 51 men on trial for raping Gisèle Pelicot weave through the Avignon Judicial Courthouse inconspicuously. They brush past the crowds ...