Dominique Pelicot and his co-defendants are not monsters, but something more frightening
Gisele Pelicot did not put herself through a ritual public skinning because she wanted to be some kind of icon. She did it to start a conversation
Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman at the centre ofmass rape case
Gisele Pelicot did not put herself through a ritual public skinning because she wanted to be some kind of icon. She did it to start a conversation
Two defendants lodge appeals and ex-husband considers appealing his 20-year sentence
French rape trial shows that until men engage earnestly with the pervasiveness of sexual assault and the aspects of the culture that normalise it, not enough will change
Dominique Pelicot weeps after being given maximum sentence of 20 years
French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty of repeatedly drugging ex-wife with 50 co-defendants guilty of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault
I wrote in admiration and acknowledgement of her bravery, and in sympathy and empathy for what she had endured for years
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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