The harrowing and unprecedented trial involving 50 men in France is exposing how pornography, chatrooms and men’s disdain for or hazy understanding of consent is fueling rape culture.
AVIGNON, France — They are, on the face of it, the most ordinary of men. Yet they’re all on trial charged with rape. Fathers, grandfathers, husbands, workers and retirees — 50 in all — accused of taking turns on the drugged and inert body of. The horror isn’t simply that Dominique Pelicot, in his own words, arranged for men to rape his wife, it’s that he also hadAmong the nearly two dozen defendants who testified during the trial’s first seven weeks was Ahmed T.
Signs saying ''Sleep is not consent'' and ''we believe you'' are shown on the Place de la Republique in support of Gisele Pelicot and all women victims of rape, sexist and sexual violence and assault in Paris on Sept. 14, 2024.Céline Piques, a spokesperson of the feminist group Osez le Féminisme!, or Dare Feminism! said she’s convinced that many of the men on trial were inspired or perverted by porn, including videos found on popular websites.
Among those he had over was Mahdi D., who testified that when he left home on the night of Oct. 5, 2018, he didn’t intend to rape anyone. In June, authorities took down the chatroom where they say Dominique Pelicot and his co-defendants met. Since the trial started on Sept. 2, it has resonated far beyond the Avignon courtroom’s walls, sparkingbig and small and inspiring a steady flow of opinion pieces and open letters penned by journalists, philosophers and activists.
Arata then began to describe what was on the videos implicating him. They are only shown as a last resort and on a case-by-case basis. But for many in the courtroom, such detailed descriptions can last several minutes and be just as heavy as watching them. Gisèle Pelicot, who is in her early 70s, has chosen to remain in the courtroom while the videos are shown. Unable to watch, she usually closes her eyes, stares at the floor, or buries her face in her hands.
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