Why is news that 70,000 men were found in a group chat about raping their own wives and girlfriends not a bigger story?
Why does society pander to misogyny so much it ignores a huge bombshell like this?
Women aren’t safe in their own homes. Gisele Pelicot wasn’t an exception.
We’re still having to endure choruses of “not all men!” Even in the face of overwhelming evidence that it’s a great many men who are hiding in plain sight
It’s not a stranger accosting you in a dark alley. It’s your husband, boyfriend, coworker, boss, relative
We cant tell the good from the bad
The reason the Pelicot trial was so devastating was because it was “every men” who answered her husbands call.
Men of all ages and backgrounds willingly signed up to rape an unconscious women.
Many had wives and children of their own.
Gisele didn’t know - because she believed her husband was a “good man”. She trusted him because you should be able to trust your husband of 50 years.
You shouldn’t have to worry he’s drugging you and soliciting men to rape you
Yet inevitably the more we try and explain our fear and rage - the more offended men get that we aren’t adding in a qualifier that not ALL of them are rapists.
We shouldn’t have to add in that qualifier. We KNOW it’s not all of them… but when it’s this many we have a right to be scared
When 70,000 men are found in a group chat admitting to rape - the only acceptable response should be “how can we help?”
When you read that they were sharing tips to drug their wives and girlfriends just like Pelicot? Don’t say “not all men”
Please recognize until it’s “no men”… none of us will feel safe. There’s simply no way for us to tell anymore.
Rape culture is so pervasive that it can be literally anyone - so we must guard ourselves accordingly
Stand with us. Condemn these acts. Hold the men in your life to a higher standard
For more on Gisele Pelicot and the way medical misogyny contributed to her decade long nightmare - my article looks at why her doctors failed to listen and help her and why disabled people face higher risk of abuse:
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/gisele-pelicot-medical-misogyny-and
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