Gisele Pelicot criticizes Feige men because of their mass rape

Gisele Pelicot criticizes Feige men because of their mass rape

Gisele Pelicot denounced the cowardice of the numerous men on Tuesday, which they over a period of ten years during a Mass rape used by her husband. During the court proceedings in Avignon, she called for the patriarchal society to change in France.

a confession that triggers horror

Dominique Pelicot, her husband, admitted in court that his wife, 71 years old, stunned and invited strangers to rape her while she was passed out. Most of the other 50 defendants denied the allegations of sexual abuse.

a shock for the victim

Gisele Pelicot only found out about her suffering when the police came across videos and pictures that her husband had recorded from the alleged abuse. "For me, this is the process of cowardice, you can't describe it otherwise," said Gisele Pelicot, while many of the accused were present in the courtroom. This is the third time that it turns to the court in Avignon while the process is headed for the judgments and punishments that are expected around December 20th.

a process of global importance

The statement that dozens of seemingly ordinary men between the ages of 26 and 74 may have raped an unconscious woman from all social classes, has attracted attention worldwide and has made the process of an investigation of the widespread sexual violence. Gisele Pelicot repeatedly showed the videos shown in the court that were recorded by her husband, sometimes snoring, while some of the defendants abuse them.

apologies and allegations

Many of the accused said in court that they did not realize that they raped them or would not have intended to do so. They also burst all of the guilt on their husband, whom they accused of manipulated them. "It is time for society to look at this machoist, patriarchal society and change the view of rape," said Gisele Pelicot in the court.

a call to openness

According to French law, she could have applied for the procedure behind closed doors. Instead, she called for a public negotiation in the hope that other women would help to comment and to show that victims have to be ashamed of nothing. "Rape is rape," she said on Tuesday. "If you come into a bedroom and see a motionless body, when (you do not decide) not to react?"

family problems and personal consequences

she emphasized that she would never be awarded to her husband. On Monday, the two sons of the Pelicots demanded that the court should impose hard punishments against their father. They also said that they could never forgive him and that he was dead for them. Her daughter stated that she believed that Dominique Pelicot also stunned and abused her.

a desperate accused

Dominique Pelicot will contact the court later on Tuesday. His lawyer Beatrice Navarro told reporters that he was "very depressed". "He did what he did. There is no doubt about that. But we also have to say that he now feels very alone. He will always be very alone," she added.