Gisèle Pelicot, 72, a former logistics manager, has become a feminist hero after insisting that the rape trial of her ex-husband and the other men be held in public to raise awareness of the use of drugs and sedation to rape women. “At what moment were they respectful [to me]?” asked Gisèle Pelicot. She said this was a trial of “cowardice” – implying that society needed to be braver when facing up to the reality of rape. Of the 51 men on trial, she said: “For me they are all guilty. We all make our choices.”Dominique Pelicot had told the court that he raped Gisèle Pelicot about two to three times a week.

Source: Irish Examiner November 19, 2024 18:25 UTC