They line up in front of a courthouse in southeastern France, from morning to evening, and have gathered in the thousands in cities across the country. They hold signs reading, “one rape every six minutes,” “not all men but always a man,” and “giving in is not consenting.”
They chant: “Rapist we see you, victim we believe you.”
Women across France are rallying in support of Gisèle Pelicot, a 72-year-old reluctant icon whose husband is on trial in the city of Avignon for systematically drugging her and inviting dozens of men, 50 of whom are now his co-defendants, into their home to rape her over nearly a decade.
The shocking case has sparked what many women in France call a long-overdue reckoning over “rape culture” and systemic sexism in the way the judicial system handles sexual violence.
“removed for misandrist bigotry” very fun how m*n can come here and shit on women protesting for their right to not get fucking raped and say whatever sexist shit they want, but responding to it is crossing a line xD yall give zero shits about rape, you just hate women, you literally could not be more obvious about that coming to this post and trying to derail the conversation like this