Consent isn’t everything

Helen Joyce

Gisèle Pelicot suffered grave harm: she caught four STDs and the sleeping pills caused such confusion she feared she had a brain tumour THE TESTIMONY OF THE DOZENS OF MEN accused of raping Frenchwoman Gisèle Pelicot is almost impossible to comprehend. Her husband Dominique has pleaded guilty to inviting men he found on coco.gg, a since-closed website where users could remain anonymous, to have sex with her after he had rendered her unconscious with Temesta, a prescription sleeping drug. Most of his co-defendants have denied the charges, some claiming they believed they were participating in a sex game pre-arranged by the Pelicots, others that they thought her husband’s permission was enough. Ms Pelicot suffered grave physical harm as a result of these supposed sex games: she tested positive for four STDs,…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2024

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