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.
Ooh good, only 4%? I’m an anomaly and deserve to be categorized with the aggressors instead of the victims because while I am the victim of two different women I happen to be a male, so fuck me!
and brittle
JFC flip the genders and you’d be screaming bloody murder.
How can I be brittle? Men don’t have feelings, duh.
OH this is the “and when they do it’s a problem” part, fuck me I forgot.
Drama Queen
Interesting you’d decide to use a sexist (to women) insult comparing me to being a “dramatic woman” in this instance. Seems like an odd choice. What do I throw like a girl too? Lmao