Gisèle Pelicot: Person of the Year
72-year-old Gisèle Pelicot’s trial marks the biggest rape trial in French history. She boldly refused anonymity and instead, used her trial as an opportunity to battle against rape culture and victim-shaming in society. Ms Pelicot endured a four month trial in a court room with the dozens of men who raped her without consent – one of them being her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot. “I wanted all of society to be a witness” said Ms Pelicot, who asserts that the shame of assaulting someone lies only with the perpetrator, not the victim.
