I wrote a letter to Madame Pelicot as one woman to another in solidarity and support
I wrote in admiration and acknowledgement of her bravery, and in sympathy and empathy for what she had endured for years
Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman at the centre ofmass rape case
I wrote in admiration and acknowledgement of her bravery, and in sympathy and empathy for what she had endured for years
French court found Pelicot guilty of repeatedly drugging his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot and inviting men to rape her over nearly a decade
Dominique Pelicot drugged wife (71) and invited strangers to rape her while she was unconscious
Mazan is now infamous as infamous as the place where Gisèle Pelicot was regularly drugged by her husband of 50 years and offered up to strange men for sex
Heroic women have begun pushing back, refusing to carry a shame that was never theirs
Girls are told the world is not safe and advised to impose controls on their behaviours. None of these precautions would have protected Gisèle Pelicot
The ‘perfect victim’ in this case, at least for the alleged perpetrators, would be one who remained quiet. And yet Gisèle Pelicot insists on telling her story
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