Women Victims, Shame, Gisele Pelicot

“I wanted all women victims of rape to say ‘Mrs. Pelicot did it, we can too.’ When you’re raped there is shame, and it not for us to have shame – it’s for them.” – Gisele Pelicot, testifying in a French courthouse against her ex-husband, who drugged and raped her, and 50 other men who raped her at her husband’s invitation over the course of more than a decadeFound in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2025, page 6.