2024-09-14 18:00:13
The same words, but also the same anger, spread as if in an echo in front of the courts or the central areas of thirty cities in France (in Marseille, Rennes, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, etc.) on Saturday afternoon, September 14. These gatherings, at the initiative of many women’s groups and explained by the most following leaders, in which thousands of people participated, showed great support for Gisèle Pelicot, the victim of the Mazan rape investigation, which has been held since September 2 on September 2 at the conference. Avignon court.
Long square, glasses, his face with a style drawn by the Belgian graphic designer Aline Dessine, reproduced on some brands, has become a symbol of courage. By refusing to allow the hearings to take place behind closed doors, Ms. Pelicot, who was drugged by her husband and raped by her and 50 other men while she was unconscious, allowed French society – and beyond, through reports from international press. – to delve into the mechanism of rapes, to also understand the prohibition of the profiles of the defendants, and thus to give substance to the leitmotif of these conferences: ” Shame must change sides. »
In Paris, around 3,500 people, mainly women, gathered on the Place de la République in the early afternoon. Taking the microphone first, the feminist activist Anna Toumazoff, the leader of the conference, showed how this experiment was done. “Shock and Gather”perfect for “The need for revival in society”. “We’re all Gisèle”the multitude will sing at noon.
Them “anger”them “nausea”. The same words come back when you speak. Anne-Cécile Mailfert, president of the Women’s Association, asked again “Comprehensive legislation against sexual and sexual violence”. It will include 95 degrees, plus “systematic investigation of those affected once a complaint has been filed”, in consideration of a series of facts, or even specific training on these subjects for the judges of the criminal courts of the department. According to the Women’s Foundation, 3 billion euros will be needed to carry out such a reform.
“Rape, we see you, victim, we believe you! »
If the Avignon trial caused outrage, it was also victims of rape and sexual assault, the anonymous, those who are not listened to, who are represented by the participants. “Rape, we see you, victim, we believe you! “, will be repeated as a mantra. 94% of rape complaints were dismissed; 91% of rape is committed by someone close to the victim, remember words and signs.
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