So, this happened. It has been rumbling on for a few years now (it was covered in the NYT at least two years ago, but apart from that, doesn't seem to have got much coverage in English until now when the trial has finally opened and the woman (the victim) has chosen to forfait her right to anonymity and has even insisted that access be made public: the defence, and the judge, were originally going to hold it behind closed doors - allegedly to protect her. She had to fight for the case to be heard in open court.
France Confronts Horror of Rape and Drugging Case as 51 Men Go on TrialA man is accused of drugging his wife and then inviting dozens of men to rape her over almost a decade.
There is so much horror in this that I'm kind of afraid to say what I really think here. I will point out that he got over 70 men, all recruited fairly locally, nearly all (apparently) normal men, most with jobs and a partner, to rape his unconscious wife, in the marital bed - and while some of the men chose not to take part when they realised that she was really being raped (about 3 in every 10 men refused, according to the principal accused) at no point did even one man turn up at the house to say, "I'm not actually here to rape your wife, I'm here with the police". NOT ONE.
"Not all men", sure - but it turns out, "a heck of a lot of men" all the same, when the opportunity presents itself.
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