How Gisèle Pelicot changed France forever | The Daily T Podcast

[@XxxX-wx3er]

“It’s time for the shame to swap sides” - quote of the century !

[@lizoconnor2752]

This is such a courageous woman! I wish her love and healing ❤

[@mariaalencar4228]

She was raped for 10 years and he only got 20 years in prison? And the other only 3 years? Serious?

[@ruthgiles8926]

20 years is the maximum the court can impose for rape in France. It's part of the problem that this case has highlighted. The onus is always on the women to 'prove' that they didn't ask to be raped, to prove that they were raped, and to face being called a liar in court. Even in the highly unlikely event that they get as far as a conviction, the rapist gets a wrist slap. It's the same the world over. Gisèle hopes that this case will let the shame change sides.

[@agatahb]

@@ruthgiles8926 exactly, could not have said it better myself

[@judith3218]

IKR!

[@marcinwasniewski5155]

​@@judith3218$0000000

[@VanessaPapilio]

JUSTICE! Bravo Gisèle. Quelle courage!

[@LolaEverywhere]

Gisèle Pelicot is my vote for international woman of the decade

[@Ann-m8q4i]

Her daughter as well.

[@plant495]

Yes. She has exposed that any man might have done this to one of us women, or will. We are not safe having a man in our home. Or even in the supermarket, wearing a skirt.

[@spmoran4703]

Such a brave woman. My hero.

[@IliaKemp]

Seriously what is wrong with these men? The idea that there were so many men who would do this is frightening. Madame Pelicot is a heroine for women's rights! 🇳🇱

[@JohnAtkinson-v5z]

A great and courageous lady. Their male cowardice is repugnant.

[@nancymcleod4376]

Gisèle Pelicot should be named Person of the Year by Time and other national/international publications. She is setting a new course -- bringing attention to horrific behaviour and shortfalls in French legislation, and turning the shame back on the abusers by standing up for herself and all women who have been sexually assaulted.

[@sallyhu5028]

She richly deserves the Nobel Prize for the changes she will usher in ... not just for women but men as well. For humanity.

[@orchid6789]

The sentences were far too lenient. Sickening.

[@judith3218]

Whether the brave and stalwart Gisèle Pelicot changed France remains to be seen, but she certainly exposed France. ❤🙏

[@TonyGalla-kw4hw]

Giselle Pelicot is a hero. I hope she will be announced as The Person of The Year award on many news outlets, magazines, and newspapers. I hope she is considered for the Nobel Peace Prize. Hero.

[@ccharles848]

Yes!!!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@sophietopham8822]

The French government need to provide her and family security for rest of her life

[@seminky5341]

Why?

[@bbuzz1687]

@@seminky5341 revenge?

[@timd6479]

sophie - go back to Vietnam and ask for financial support from the government. How come women always want financial support either from men or government?

[@BernieRowlands-d4o]

How is the maximum sentence only 20 years! It's not only the UK that has pathetic sentencing. Every single one of them should have got the maximum sentence available irrespective of the gravity of the individual crime. To think that some of them can walk away without any more time to serve is shocking. What an incredibly brave woman.

[@mariebrown5681]

❤ What a courageous, gutsy lady! I wish her healing and peace.

[@REINVENTION_7]

Monumental case and her strength to use this to create change is remarkable! This really means so much for women.....in France and worldwide ❤❤❤

[@xxtt7113]

Merci Gisele.

[@robturvey9156]

This affects men too. Many of us have daughters.

[@noniesundstrom119]

Perpetrators like this prey on boys too

[@spmoran4703]

It's all got to stop for ALL the innocent and their families

[@sexyhomeowner9345]

Of course it affects men. Who's doing the raping?

[@ruthgiles8926]

It doesn't just affect men, it's men's problem. Women cannot fix this, it's not women who are raping women and turning a blind eye to rapists. Men have to fix each other. This guy knew he could get away with this - he went online advertising for rapists in the area, knowing no-one would stop him, report him, interfere in any way. He knew that he had a market for rapists and could get away with it by drugging her. He was right. For ten years. He was only discovered by accident when he was caught filming up women's skirts in the local supermarket and the police went through his phone.

[@agatahb]

well, how many of these rapists have daughters, I wonder.... and Dominique has most probably abused his own daughter..... Boys from the early age need to be educated, that's the future

[@aldastroud9671]

How many more like him/them 😢

[@denisesmall5643]

I bet he did cross the line with his daughter too. Seeing had a picture of her in underware, too. How very sad for her and her mother.

[@alysononoahu8702]

Please do not compare the perpetrators to dogs DOGS ARE OUR ANGELS 🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@brigittenevrela-vosteen8499]

Gisele...mutige...tolle..warmherzig Frau❤❤❤❤❤

[@emeralddreams8440]

How many Gisèles are there in the UK? Across the world? 😢

[@judith3218]

I am thinking the same. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

[@cecilemobo1935]

​@@judith3218 Exactly, this awful story is not about France, it's about human societies.

[@michellegouin3007]

One is too many.

[@kateb7155]

This is really excellent reporting on this case. I don't think the discussion should end any time soon. I wish Gisele Pelicote peace, healing, safety, and love every day for the rest of her life. Same for her family.

[@msc1853]

What a woman 💪🙌. She's wayyy braver than i could be in that situation. Bless her heart. 😔. Hope she has a good future and finds happiness eternally. She deserves it. Wow. ❤❤

[@name-ce7sn]

They all thought they would get away with it. That's why it's so profound. The sentences were too light. ❤I hope Gisele can find some peace inside herself for healing.

[@steventerry593]

Why weren't the mugshots and names of the convicted rapists made public and shown?

[@god563616]

I will NEVER forget this woman and so happy for her win🙏😭 I pray for her everyday. Much love the US❤️🙏🇺🇲

[@georgiacompton7427]

Gisele has changed the world. I am a feminist and read the Brontes and search for books that present a female perspective on myths and historical experiences. Women owe her so much.

[@guineapig0199]

I wonder how many Gisele Pelicots there are in the world who don't know they are victims and will probably never know. I wonder how many Dominic Pelicots there are living with impunity in their Jekyll and Hyde world.

[@cecilemobo1935]

😢

[@debbiebrock2665]

‘It’s not that feminists” are angry, the world is angry! This is heinous! Words cannot describe the appalling, repeated abuse! Lives have been destroyed! God be with them!

[@Andy-z3l]

Doesn't France need a new leader right now???

[@ruthgiles8926]

Doesn't the whole world need new leaders!!!

[@Doshanbe]

What has it to do with Leadership

[@cecilemobo1935]

???!!!

[@firmbutton6485]

Shocking that the men didn’t realise what was going on nor report it!

[@AO-bf6rd]

Here in Japan, no news about her at all. What’s wrong with my country…I feel disappointed all the media in my country as a female. What a brave woman❤

[@helenhunter4540]

It's unrealistic to expect much to change in patriarchal cultures. Even these sympathetic and anti-rape people are talking in very careful language about this. I'm a U.S. citizen, born and lived here most of my life. That kind of deep change is complex & each generation teaches the next. The word "uncomfortable" doesn't belong in this discussion.

[@softtissuerecovery3698]

These are criminal violence. These are hate crimes.

[@RoseDutton-g9u]

Such a brave lady I wish all the very best for her and for her health and happiness brave lady

[@sarahnutter412]

How one woman changed the world ❤️💪

[@cecilemobo1935]

❤❤❤

[@naturesway622]

Certainly the use of drugs could be considered "restraint."

[@sussubadger]

Maybe send a female reporter to the trial instead...? Also, why separate "feminists" from people when reporting about the protesters, etc.? Let's call people people, to not minimize things. Everyone should be horrified by this and want harsher laws and sentences, no? What am I missing? Who is being "protected"?

[@agatahb]

maybe they wanted to show that men are too capable of empathy and being decent human beings....

[@alexandranoone3195]

It happened in scotland aswell ,can't prove it as no mobile phones then 🎉

[@ruthgiles8926]

It happens everywhere. Men protect each other everywhere, rape is impossible to prove everywhere, the culture enables misogyny everywhere.

[@kimberleabell-smith1974]

She’s not a “feminist icon”. She’s a a woman defending herself from a system that shames women when they’ve been assaulted. It has nothing whatsoever to do with “feminism”. I resent the implication.

[@thealignedalchemist]

agree. this dude is completely tone deaf

[@motheryuba57]

Horrific and indefensable. Shame on each and every man involved.

[@angelinejohnson9511]

such integrity. awe inspiring. I can only hope for healing for her, and with her family, and for her family, so torn apart by all this. They deserve to be able to console each other and move forward together. such hard, hard work they've done, are tasked to do, trying to heal.

[@Cynthia-s4h]

Everyone should be able to go to sleep in safety....for ten years she was assaulted in her own bed in her own home. 😢this is very evil. 😢

[@LondonEE16]

She wasn't asleep, she was drugged.

[@maureenoconnor4430]

40% of America woman vote Trump and he picks Matt Gates what say ye

[@auntihooha]

Viva Madame Giselle! I hope she can share her maiden name with the world. Her family must be so proud of her. I hope she can get through the anguish of what that monster did to her- Merci beaucoup, Madame Giselle!

[@jm162]

"Shame swapping sides" has to happen BUT it HAS to start with MEN - yes not "all" men however it only has to be ONE man who does this to create fear in women so it MUST be men - perhaps it starts with just one - to do the most work in changing men's attitudes.

[@choc_chip]

It has to start with men because men listen to men.

[@jm162]

@@choc_chip correct and it is a male/men's crime.

[@alysononoahu8702]

🎉🎉🎉Vive Gisèle 🎉🎉🎉🎉Vive Gisèle 🎉🎉 🎉🎉🎉Vive Gisèle 🎉🎉🎉🎉Vive Gisèle 🎉🎉

[@elendilnz]

Some good comments here - thanks 🇳🇿🇬🇧

[@haret0n]

she is amazing.

[@cecilemobo1935]

❤

[@IrinaWirz-nl9el]

“ let’s Swipe sides from the victim to perpetuator “ ❤

[@cynthiakammann7368]

She's a brave hero. I hope she's content and has everything and all the support she needs moving forward.

[@philiphuntley8277]

Good outcome.

[@alysononoahu8702]

🎉🎉🎉Vive Gisèle 🎉🎉🎉🎉Vive Gisèle 🎉🎉

[@defensetube]

Courageous woman ❤. yes??

[@fionasoma]

Bravo 👏 👏👏👏

[@vedawattieram1974]

Whats hapening in France???😢😢😢

[@cecilemobo1935]

Exactly whats happens in every country more or less...

[@carolynbennett1190]

Sad..for her ..but a hero🌹🌹🌹

[@MsPromo5785]

Yes 💯

[@DANAE-fk9zm]

If i watch this? I feel it will be tainted by the 1percent

[@alexandranoone3195]

I know ,me to🎉

[@MrGPMcMahon]

WHERE IS GLORIA ALLRED ?

[@LondonEE16]

I hope to see change in France, but it is very patriarchal, and I would actually be surprised to see any meaningful change. Just look at the way women are portrayed in French media. The sexism is well entrenched.

[@marcinwasniewski5155]

Name of mafia is over just for now.

[@KateLibby555]

Me too 😞

[@Debzan-dx2nk]

Britain couldn't stand up to it so why fantasize a predicament of the opposite, daresay

[@joaniediamond8714]

Hopefully...a turn ...a shift...

[@marcinwasniewski5155]

Now pay it to use for Facebook profile 2027

[@hansolowe19]

Oof. This was rough.

[@marcinwasniewski5155]

🔑🌟

[@BabyCast-l2n]

Wow

[@marcinwasniewski5155]

🎁

[@marcinwasniewski5155]

❗💲

[@marcinwasniewski5155]

💌🏦📆

[@jessicamorales2555]

❤

[@Sonicman415]

All support to this amazing woman 💗🩵💗

[@DS-yg4qs]

She changed nothing...

[@JocularJane]

Don't be so sure.

[@No1TV4CATS]

I agree this objectification of women I.e. the feminist back lash is the unresolved problem.

[@michaeljohnson5365]

As long as human beings are on this planet this will always happen

[@Gypsywandering400]

Maybe. Maybe not. Damaged people damage people, but cycles can be ended

[@lizoconnor2752]

It takes a stupid man to keep thinking like that!

[@Pizzageek-jc4xp]

we don't live in the middle ages anymore, we should have evolved by now

[@alysononoahu8702]

🎉🎉🎉Vive Gisèle 🎉🎉🎉🎉Vive Gisèle 🎉🎉 🎉🎉🎉Vive Gisèle 🎉🎉🎉🎉Vive Gisèle 🎉🎉

[@crondon6381]

❤