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.

    • Ifera@lemmy.world
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      29 days ago

      Funny how ready you are to claim a random person you don’t know is an abuser for making a good point.

      And completely failing to comprehend that what YOU are doing is abusive behavior. Real gold star child behavior.

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        I think that was a meme that should have been put on the sign, not against the comment.

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            Or like, dont just make assumptions about what people seem to be saying and ask them what they are trying to say?

            Saves a lot of needless anger and confusion to just extend an iota of goodwill before jumping to conclusions

            People are literally the worst at communicating to each other when we don’t have personal relationships with the other people

            And when i said don’t JUST make assumptions it means exactly that. Make your assumptions if you need to but if you don’t confirm them then maybe do that before you get upset with another person’s words

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          Sorry, I don’t understand what you said.

          Edit: Oh, you meant that it should be on one of the posters protesting about The Monster of Avignon, then certainly. He is a disgusting human, completely atrocious and his wife is a massive hero, for standing up to such scrutiny and to the public eye, I wish I could bake her a pie or something for being so brave, and an inspiration to abuse victims everywhere.

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                I would assume it was because the person who posted said “meme” turned out to be a sexist asshole, taking their “benefit of the doubt” and wiping their ass with it further down the comments, and getting a bunch of those comments deleted.