Redouan El Farihi (age 55) and Ahmed Tbarik, 54 (age 54) have already decided to appeal their conviction of raping Gisele Pelicot. Each was sentenced to 8 years in prison and insisted they weren't guilty throughout the trial.

El Farihi had told the court he was not guilty. He denied rape, saying he was a "victim of a trick" and had been too "terrified" of Dominique Pelicot to say no. Confronted with video evidence of several rapes of Gisele Pelicot, he said: "I was terrified, but you can't see it." He said he did not leave because he feared it would ruin Pelicot's Saqturday night. He said he had not known Gisele Pelicot was sedated. Asked in court how, as a trained anesthesia nurse, he had not seen that Gisele Pelicot was unconscious, he said he had thought she was pretending to be dead "but never that she'd been drugged," and he believed he had seen her move.

Tbarik had denied rape and told the court: "I'm not a rapist, but if I had wanted to rape, I wouldn't have chosen a 57-year-old woman. I would have chosen a pretty one."

These men are disgusting subhumans. Rape culture is alive and well.

I mean not all feministic acts must be grand and big right? What are some small and subtle changes you've made to support feminism?

Womanizer sounds like such a sophisticated, decent word yk. Meanwhile, women are called slts, whres, cnt, which in itself sounds very derogatory. Correct me if I'm wrong, but i dont think there any male equivalent words for "slt" "wh0r3" (and other similar words). I mean, the reasoning behind this is very clear and shows how language plays a huge role in perpetuating patriarchal values/beliefs. Share your thoughts!

In Japan, there are no social media or cloud services equipped with automatic CSAM scanning features. They take a passive approach, only responding when a report is made. As a result, there hasn't been much active effort to eliminate it. That's why I was surprised when the CEO of Telegram was arrested, because in Japan, not taking action is not treated as equivalent to complicity. Doesn't Telegram, like Japanese services, lack a scanning feature? I hope Japan will follow the example of X and Google and introduce such measures.

Today was a great day, as I was able to say goodbye to the possibility of ever having periods or unplanned/unwanted children EVER again! Yay! Had a bit of a hiccup during surgery so I have some extra care and healing to do, but I made it, and I am ecstatic! My Body, MY CHOICE! 😁

I’ve been seeing articles talking about low fertility rates per woman in S. Korea. Am I the only one that gets the ick when I see this phrasing? To me it seems to put the responsibility on women for not having children versus reflecting overall societal trends.

I’m moving away next month and I’m on my path of man free not ‘man hate’ journey but I’m on a journey where I’d like to find myself and I for one, am really in need of some good books to listen to, to learn and understand and to grow, please give me your suggestions !!

Let us have the right to vote, But take away our rights to our bodies.

Let us have the right to work so we don't have to depend on our abusive husband, But don't give us the same pay as them.

Let us have the right to hold powerful and influential roles in government, But then blame women when the statistics are still skewed towards men.

Let us have the right to have a child, But refuse to hold men accountable for the same

Let us have the right to make our own choices, But also indoctrinate us to believe we are less than in every capacity compared to a man so we don't fall out of line.

We all should fall out of line.

I recently learned and noticed myself that women in patriarchal societies (like where i live) carry chronic guilt.

The feelings of guilt have basically ruined my life and keep doing so.

Feeling too much guilt, feeling bad abt any single thing, feeling guilt for things others do, feeling like i gotta be a morally superior person.

How to undo this? How to unlearn this any strategies anyone? Cz its consuming me.

idk what i truly want. Ever since I was little I wanted to be an artist or a scientist. However lately the thoughts of becoming a "tradwife"/houswife are popping up which is kind of grossing me out (and i feel sorta bad for that bc care work is still work and needs to be respected as labor) but idk if that's bc i truly want it because i'm an adult now and my priorities are simply shifting or whether it's because so many men and non-feminist women out there keep insisting that it's in a woman's innate nature to bear children and submit to their husbands. I used to get repulsed by statements like that, but nowadays I wonder if that's actually true in my case and if i'm just repressing that bc society doesn't value feminity and domestic labor? This goes hand in hand with my dating preferences. I met this guy who was practically perfect for me. He was so sweet and kind and appreciated me, was a good listener and appreciated me. But when we went on a date i didn't feel the spark, kinda. And I wonder if that's bc i secretly want a "provider" who "puts me in my place" (i feel gross typing that out). Previously i wouldn't have given a damn about any of these type of gender roles.

Idk if these thoughts are intrusive or real, but i rly don't wanna be or become like that. It kinda goes against everything my mother has taught me and what i previously wanted. I wanted to get into science and be child-free not because of any reactionary ideas but because that's what i truly wanted.

But maybe i'm just overthinking that bc my autistic brain is stuck in this "all or nothing" mode.

Idk maybe i have just gotten rly depressed and spend too much time overthinking. Maybe it's also the election results and the strong gain of the alt right online which made me sorta hate myself and everything i wanted previously. Or maybe i have gotten desensitized to misogyny to a point where I ask myself "what if they got a point and i'm just coping bc no man wants me" at videos of red pill grifters eventhough this kind of content used to be incredibly repulsive to me.

idk what part of me is the real me tbh i feel like i got turned inside out fr

i’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. any time a feminist tries to talk about why porn, OF, prostitution etc is wrong they get accused of being a swerf who “looks down” on these women.

i’ve literally never met a feminist who looks down on them. every feminist i’ve interacted with and seen online who is adamantly against sex work is also adamantly supportive of sex workers and do everything they can to help them.

i just feel like swerfs are a myth created by libfems in an attempt to shut down any conversation that makes them uncomfortable. even if it means dismissing real horror stories from sex workers themselves! libfems are not real feminists. this is “too far” for them. even tho sex work is one of the most ancient and prominent forms of female oppression.

I carry guilt w me all the time. Damn it i even feel guilty abt things ppl i stay with do. Everything. I try to be so people pleaser and be perfect and not be guilty for ANYTHING. I forgive everyone but myself. And lots of women I've met feel the same. R women in patriarchal societies conditioned to feel more guilt, remorse, forgiveness etc?

Context: My brother, Josh, 36 cisman, stills lives with my mother along with my other older brothers, 35 cisman and 20 cisman (but this isn't abt them). I am 17, genderfluid afab.

Story: My mum and oldest brother were watching TV. It was normal for us to suddenly throw pillows at each other which sometimes escalated into a pillow fight. I tried to initiate this tonight, but I didn't see that my mother was wearing her glasses and she scolded me (not harshly). I apologised and joked that no one about no one dying from throwing a pillow (Ik, I shouldn't have been snarky). She gave me a look and asked me to make her a tea. I was going to the kitchen when Josh pelted a pillow at my face. I rarely backed down from a challenge and thought he was playing. However, I quickly realised he was trying to hurt me.

He isn't a bodybuilder, however he can bench press ~100 kg (260 lbs), so these pillows hurt. I didn't want him to feel like he had power over me, cuz he used to scare me and hit me when I was young, so I laughed through it. (Once I had to get stiches cuz he busted my left eye when I was 4/5. I only know this cuz my dad told me. My mum and brothers all lied to me abt it, saying I bumped it on a bedside table when I was asleep). He tried to act like my father, even though my father was still in my life and Josh is just a half-brother. I think he was trying to prove a point, but idk.

I'm honestly scared of him and when I was younger (between 12 and 15) I often disrespected him, as he tried to instill sexist and misogynistic views in me. He'd say that I'd have to care for my husband, cook, clean, have babies etc and often disregarded and degraded my intelligence, despite me getting accepted in university at 16.

My mother was yelling at him to stop, but he didn't. A metal zipper caught on my ear and I started bleeding and a pillow hit a stuffed baby crocodile that was over 100 years old. It fell and it's half its tail snapped off. He doubled down and said that I broke it and that it was my fault, even though my mother saw the whole thing.

Afterwards, I got my mum her tea and went back to my room

TL;DR: I, 17 genderfluid afab, tried to start a pillow fight. My 36 year old brother then pelted multiple pillows at my face and chest. A zipper caught my ear and I started bleeding, another pillow knocked off a stuffed baby crocodile that was over 100 years old, breaking it's tail and blamed it on me, despite my mother seeing the whole thing. Soz for yapping/trauma dumping.

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