Catherine Porter

in a way to kind of shock the city, I think, and shock the country to listen to what these men were saying in the rooms. So some of them that I passed on the streets on the way to the courthouse were like, it was an involuntary rape or it was an accidental rape. Wow. Or one that really stopped me was I raped her with my body, but not with my mind.

Yeah, the response has been enormous.

Yeah, the response has been enormous.

Men are talking about toxic masculinity and needing to change it. Women have been talking about consent and teaching consent in the classrooms because that's something that has not been happening in France. Now, she's really launched this very large, profound conversation, and you can feel it reverberating out across the country.

Men are talking about toxic masculinity and needing to change it. Women have been talking about consent and teaching consent in the classrooms because that's something that has not been happening in France. Now, she's really launched this very large, profound conversation, and you can feel it reverberating out across the country.

Right. I mean, it's amazing to watch her in those videos because she's so objectified. I mean, she is not a human being. She is a sex doll, basically. And she has taken something that she's so objectified and become, you know, a fully formed, very powerful person.

Right. I mean, it's amazing to watch her in those videos because she's so objectified. I mean, she is not a human being. She is a sex doll, basically. And she has taken something that she's so objectified and become, you know, a fully formed, very powerful person.

Something else, Michael, that really resonated with me is that one of her lawyers said, you know, in most cases, trials, when you keep it private, it's just you, the victim, facing the accuser alone in a room. And Giselle Pelico invited all of France into that room with her. All of the world, all of us. Right. And I think she's felt incredible support because of that.

Something else, Michael, that really resonated with me is that one of her lawyers said, you know, in most cases, trials, when you keep it private, it's just you, the victim, facing the accuser alone in a room. And Giselle Pelico invited all of France into that room with her. All of the world, all of us. Right. And I think she's felt incredible support because of that.

You know, on the last day of the court, before the final statements, the judges asked her if she had anything else she wanted to say. And she got back up and she said, you know, at the beginning of the trial, her family felt ashamed of the name Pellico. But she felt that over the past four months, she was sure that...

You know, on the last day of the court, before the final statements, the judges asked her if she had anything else she wanted to say. And she got back up and she said, you know, at the beginning of the trial, her family felt ashamed of the name Pellico. But she felt that over the past four months, she was sure that...

The name Dominic Pellico would be long forgotten, but the name that people will remember from this court case would be hers, Giselle Pellico, and that already her grandchildren are proud to have that name.

The name Dominic Pellico would be long forgotten, but the name that people will remember from this court case would be hers, Giselle Pellico, and that already her grandchildren are proud to have that name.

Thanks, Michael.

Thanks, Michael.