Why Gisèle Pelicot should have been named Person of the Year
The IndependentGisèle Pelicot believes that change is possible. In a case that sent shock waves around the world, Gisèle Pelicot emerged as an almost unimaginably courageous symbol of feminist resistance against rape culture. So great has the impact been, that since Time magazine announced Donald Trump as its Person of the Year, social media has been flooded with posts, mainly created by women, suggesting that the title should have been awarded to Gisèle Pelicot instead. Realising how many other women who experience drug-assisted rape would not possess similar proof, Gisèle made hers public, and in so doing, she demonstrated to the world that these horrendous, unimaginable, yet everyday acts of misogynistic abuse really do happen. open image in gallery The ‘Time’ magazine cover announcing Donald Trump as Person of the Year This case also points to a wider landscape in which misogyny thrives and the abuse and violence against women is relentlessly dismissed and even happily joked about.
History of this topic
Donald Trump? No. Gisèle Pelicot is the real Person of the Year
The IndependentGisèle Pelicot's alleged rapists and the public shown video evidence in French trial that has shocked the world
ABCDrugged and raped, Gisèle Pélicot has become France’s symbol of fight against sexual violence
Associated PressDiscover Related
