Could the shocking Pelicot rape trial help to finally change French attitudes to sexual violence?

The trial of a man accused of drugging and inviting men to allegedly rape his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, has horrified citizens – and revealed how laws on consent and rape need to change

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It is the trial that has shaken France to its core, and shocked the world.