"Will Gisèle Pelicot's rape case be a catalyst for change in France?
French psychologist who studies violence and coercion says the grisly trial could lead to meaningful change.
This trial really seems to expose the systemic failures that allows this violence to persist.
And it underscores the need to question societal attitudes that minimize or has us ignore signs of domestic violence, of chemical submission, of sexual assault, as a society.
'I dare to hope that the Mazan trial could catalyze significant legal reforms,
particularly in strengthening the legal recognition of coercive control'.
And it also highlights the need for better training for health professionals,
for all the doctors that have seen Gisèle over the years and who could not connect the dots.
There was
a very interesting paper written by French philosopher Camille Froidevaux-Metterie,
who points out that this trial reveals the very 'ordinary' dimension of sexual violence perpetrators,
challenging these stereotypes about abusers as monsters and really highlighting the prevalence,
and the ordinary prevalence, of this violence in our society."
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Demonstration in support of Gisèle Pelicot in Paris on Saturday was one of several across France.