Gisele Pelicot deserves the Nobel Prize.
“It’s not for us to have shame, it’s for them,” she told the court.
"I want all women who have been raped to say: Madame Pelicot did it, I can too. I don't want them to be ashamed any longer,"
"I want all women who have been raped to say: Madame Pelicot did it, I can too. I don't want them to be ashamed any longer," - Gisele Pelicot
Ich verneige mich vor dieser Frau.
President Biden getting off the plane to meet with Native American leaders in advance of him issuing a formal apology for the "Indian boarding schools" that harmed the Indigenous community.
No other president has ever made an official apology.
This is a big deal.
I carried the blame for being sexually abused as a girl for 30 years, because when I disclosed it, my stepfather became furious with me for "defaming his relative" (the abuser was married to a female cousin of my stepfather). I was 8yo and insisted that this happened... 1/
I think the Pelicot case once and for all gives the lie to the old cliche that men only rape pretty young girls in revealing outfits because they can’t control their lust.
Rapists rape anyone they think they can.
I still can’t get over the extraordinary dignity, bravery & courage of Gisèle Pelicot. Head held high, empowering so many others, who’ve been used & abused, the world over, to step forward & say ‘Enough is enough’… extraordinary lady….
“What is a woman?”
This is a woman.
The powerful, courageous, awe inspiring Madame Gisèle Pélicot.
I am humbled by her grace, and strength of character.
‘We lived together for 50 years, I was a happy, fulfilled woman.
‘You were a caring, attentive husband, and I never doubted you. We shared laughter and tears.’
Gisele Pelicot to the monster who arranged and filmed her multiple rapes.
Utter betrayal.
I salute her bravery.
Gisele Pelicot takes stand at French mass rape trial with message for survivors: "It’s not for us to have shame - it’s for them" https://t.co/jrxAkmQ4NO
"I want all women who have been raped to say: Madame Pelicot did it, I can too. I don't want them to be ashamed any longer."
That shame was never hers to carry.
Gisele Pelicot is so right and so brave to refuse it and to demand that it changes side.
https://t.co/cRRxkLoMHl
"Gisèle Pelicot tells mass rape trial ‘it’s not for us to have shame – it’s for them’". I genuinely think that single-handedly, this woman has done more for us than all men put together in history. She's stood up & made MEN confront and watch THEIR rapes. She's a fucking SAINT.
The face of the most extraordinary courage, fired by righteous anger and powered by a strong sense of justice for all women and girls.
We all owe a debt to Gisele Pelicot for her bravery and grace.
If @TIME is wavering over who to name Person of the Year, may I suggest Gisele Pelicot? Her bravery and resolve are exemplary, and every last one of her rapists deserves to rot in prison until death. I hope she can find some semblance of peace, however small, when the trial ends.