France Mass Rape Trial: France's infamous gang rape trial has shocked people in Spain as well. People believe that this case is at the forefront of the fight against gender-based violence. Apart from this, it highlights the often ignored curse of domestic sexual violence. The hearing in this case has started once again. After the hearing of this case, introspection has also started in Spain.

Actually, a man from France is accused of drugging his wife and getting her raped for 10 years. A few months ago, he confessed his crime in the court. During the court hearing, he said that I am a rapist. Just like the other people present in this room are rapists. They cannot deny this.

The decision may come next week

A French court will give its verdict this week in the case of 72-year-old Dominique Pellicot, who has admitted to drugging his then-wife Gisele Pellicot, also 72, for nearly a decade so that he and dozens of strangers recruited online could rape her.

People in Spain are also surprised

Sociologist and former director of the Women's Institute Marina Subirats told the news agency that the case has generated significant resonance in Spain, as there is a lot of sensitivity here about the subject of violence against women. You should know that since 1997, Spain has consistently enacted several laws to address gender-based violence.

Additionally, the gang rape of a teenage girl at the 2016 San Fermin bull-running festival in Pamplona and the forced kiss of star player Jenni Hermoso by disgraced former football federation chief Luis Rubiales have increased pressure on the government to take action.

Spain passed Europe's first law specifically targeted at gender-based violence in 2004, and in 2022 it reformed the criminal code to define all non-consensual sex as rape.

Violence at home is always hidden

A new discussion has started in Spain regarding this matter. People say that we understand the violence that happens on the streets, we understand the sexual violence that happens due to power, but the violence that happens in the private sphere of the home is the most hidden violence.