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Gisèle Pelicot's story outraged the world. The sickening parade of crimes to which she was subjected and her betrayal are dark pages in our history. Feminist philosopher Manon Garcia decided to attend the trial and to analyse its resonance for our future. It became the trial that demonstrated that trials will never suffice to serve justice. If the perpetrators, for the most part, seemed so unashamed of what they had done, can we see in their sentencing anything meaningful? If their lawyers defend their clients by relieving them of responsibility for their actions, how will these men, their families, their friends see this trial as anything other than an injustice? If, even as the most explicit proof streamed before the court, the victim was stonewalled with the bland denial of facts, what can juries achieve in cases when the evidence is lacking? The threat of incarceration will never be powerful enough to stop men raping. If trusting the justice system, as those who fret about feminist overreach counsel us to do, gets us nowhere, what do we do?
Above all, one question haunted Garcia: under such circumstances, can we live with men? And at what price?
Contents
Introduction
Consent
The Old Lady and the Gynaecologist
Incest
Ordinary Men
Masculinity/Masculinities
Don't You Want Me Baby
To Subdue an Unsubmissive Woman
Anger
The Trial
The Videos
Writing Mazan
The Normal and the Pathological
The Judge in Us
A Good Victim
Lemaire
Dominique P.'s Final Act
December 14
Rapeable
What Remains of Our Love?
You Have to Be a Little Bit Fond of Women
Acknowledgements
Notes
