Gisele Pelicot, utterly floored by this

[twoboystwodogs]

I am totally stunned by what happened to Gisele Pelicot, it is beyond horrific. The violation, the betrayal of trust, and that so many 'normal' men thought what they were doing was OK. I am struggling to find words. I'm not wanting to belittle all the other horrendous cases of violence against women. But to be drugged in your own bed by your husband and your husband allow other men to come in and rape you and he films it and he puts it on the Internet and encourages other men to do this to their wives. For over 10 years. What the actual f###? How much more of this abuse are women going to have to take before something is really done to stop it?

BBC News - Women moved by defiant Gisèle Pelicot in France mass rape trial
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg5g24rr6lo

@quixote9
it was the experiments by Stanley Milgram
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

I know other threads have been started but wanted to add this new clip from C4 news.

Not so much for the awful details, but again the description of how she has and is behaving, and short glimpse of her in the video.

https://www.channel4.com/news/french-mass-rape-trial-gisele-pelicot-takes-the-stand

I could not admire Gisele Pelicot more -

x.com/Wommando/status/1849089746326225257

For those who don't have Twitter -

'The wife of one of the men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot blamed herself for her husband's crime because she hadn't wanted to have sex for a while as her mother was very ill, and "as a man he had to look elsewhere”

Gisèle “could not help reacting” via her lawyer, who said:

She is more powerful than any man could hope to be.

I was listening to Woman’s Hour this morning when they were discussing this, and saying how this makes you wonder about how many men would be prepared to take advantage of a non consenting woman , ie rape her, if they believed they could get away with it. It’s an awful thought, but this case does seem to point to the awful conclusion that it is more men than you would want to believe. And yes, NAMALT, but it seems a lot are.

It made me wonder about so many other situations when the concept of consent is blurred or invisible , trafficked women made to prostitute themselves, women who are indentured servants and abused by their employers, women in forced arranged marriages of convenience, we are all aware of the casting couch me too scenarios , but there are so many other hidden lives where consent isn’t even a consideration.

It is very depressing, where the fuck do we even start to challenge this and get things changed.

they were discussing this, and saying how this makes you wonder about how many men would be prepared to take advantage of a non consenting woman , ie rape her, if they believed they could get away with it.

They don't need to wonder. Research has been done.

1 in 3

That's how many.

What an amazing woman she is.