French women are protesting in the thousands to support Gisèle Pelicot, whose husband is on trial for inviting more than 50 men to rape her.

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.

  • rekabis@lemmy.caEnglish
    1320·
    3 months ago

    Then maybe you should understand that women rape men as frequently as men rape women:

    And now the real surprise: when asked about experiences in the last 12 months, men reported being “made to penetrate”—either by physical force or due to intoxication—at virtually the same rates as women reported rape (both 1.1 percent in 2010, and 1.7 and 1.6 respectively in 2011).

    In other words, if being made to penetrate someone was counted as rape—and why shouldn’t it be?—then the headlines could have focused on a truly sensational CDC finding: that women rape men as often as men rape women.

    Now consider: how many women do you see convicted and jailed for rape?

    crickets

    That’s the sound of massive gender bigotry in play, right there - 50% of all cross-gender rapists getting away Scott-free, purely by virtue of their gender.

    • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
      216·
      3 months ago

      His point is that is not what the article is about. It’s off-topic.

      I get that you’re passionate about getting your point across but it’s swamping the discussion a bit.

      • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
        84·
        3 months ago

        It’s not off topic. If you link me to a YouTube video with a sponsor that really sucks, I’m gonna talk about how that sponsor sucks. You can’t just tack on some garbage and be all “just ignore that part, it’s not up for debate.”

        • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
          43·
          3 months ago

          I understand that it merits discussion but every thread on this post is about that aspect, and that’s frankly a bit much.

          • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
            95·
            3 months ago

            Show me a sign that’s demonizing me, and I’m gonna focus on that rather than whatever they’re pretending the sign is about. You teach your boys that their feelings don’t matter and that they’re bad out the gate and that’s how they’re gonna treat you when they’re older.

            • rekabis@lemmy.caEnglish
              51·
              3 months ago

              You teach your boys that their feelings don’t matter and that they’re bad out the gate

              Cue mandatory anti-rape training at higher ed, but only for men, ramming home the myth that men are the source of all of society’s ills and the villain in all possible crimes.

            • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
              53·
              3 months ago

              Whoa that escalated quickly, and is entirely not about what I was saying.

              • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
                65·
                3 months ago

                Well if you wanna be on topic, address the problem instead of making it worse. We’re in here criticizing those people making it worse. Quit defending their bullshit.

                • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
                  52·
                  3 months ago

                  I didn’t defend anybody. You don’t get to put words in my mouth like that.