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.

  • @KillerTofu
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    Women made up 89% of rape victims, while 96% of sexual violence perpetrators were men.

    Ok, so not so men but 96% of perpetrators are men.

      • @buddascrayon
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        That percentage came from the 2021 report by the French government. This is not outdated information. And it’s pertains to France not America.

      • @EndlessApollo
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        Dude just shut the fuck up about that study xD most rape is done by men towards women, quit acting like that’s just not the case. Women deserve to not be raped, can you just say that with no qualifiers?

        • @[email protected]
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          Women deserve to not be raped, can you just say that with no qualifiers?

          Can you say that without qualifiers? NOBODY deserves to be raped, including men. How ironic can you get?

          • @EndlessApollo
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            I can, but it doesn’t get much more “all lives matter” than coming to a post about women protesting about the disproportionate sexual violence they face and saying “men get raped TOO so fuck you for advocating for yourself and having a sign that offends me”

          • @EndlessApollo
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            Nobody deserves to get raped. You can stop worrying now :3

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              Yes that’s why you say “dude shut the fuck up” to male victims and minimize their experiences, and completely leave them out of your “doesn’t deserve to be raped” category until called out.

              Dude just shut the fuck up about that study xD most rape is done by men towards women, quit acting like that’s just not the case. Women deserve to not be raped, can you just say that with no qualifiers?

              How 'bout you shut the fuck up and let male victims share their feelings and experiences too.

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                How about you stop shitting on female victims of sexual violence just bc they’re not nice enough for you? You can have your own protest if you need it so bad, stop shitting on the one that’s actually happening. It makes it crystal clear that you don’t give a shit about anybody being raped. You’re just an meninist whining about men’s rights as an attempt to shut down support for women’s movements, no better then terfs who pretend to give a shit about women as an excuse to shit on trans people

                • @[email protected]
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                  How 'bout you stop shitting on male victims of sexual abuse because we’re not nice enough for you? FOH with that “you don’t matter” bullshit, I do matter whether you agree or not, and you are GODDAMN WELL gonna hear about it! You’re despicable, reevaluate your views.

                  • @EndlessApollo
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                    I will reevaluate nothing, my views are fun and silly :3

        • @Ifera
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          I would prefer to say, nobody deserves to be raped, and as long as people keep giving that flawed statistic that harms both male and female victims of rape, I have no reason not to share it.

          That kind of disregard is what keeps most female child rapists out of jail, or nets them far lesser sentences.

      • JackGreenEarth
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        274 months ago

        No, no one is complicit in anything by their very existence. You don’t get to blame people for other people doing something bad in a group they didn’t choose to belong to.

      • @[email protected]
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        actually decent men are aware that they are complicit by their very existence as men under the patriarchy, and invest their energy in being better and calling out their fellow men to try and improve your collective reputation

        This is bald-faced, shameless bigotry and reflects a real lack of self awareness

        • @[email protected]
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          24 months ago

          I do do that for approximately those reasons. And I want to slap the fuck out of whoever wrote this text just as much as you.

      • @Feathercrown
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        actually decent men are aware that they are complicit by their very existence as men under the patriarchy

        Could you fucking imagine saying this about any other group of people

        • @[email protected]
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          Sure can. There’s a lot of “blaming citizens of countries for things they have no say in” nowadays

      • @Ifera
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        Reported.