Vice World News: France Is Having Its Reckoning With Incest, in 2021
Stock image Kristina Flour
Jan. 29, 2021
PARIS – On a Saturday afternoon in January, Flore Tricotelle carefully typed out the words that would tell the world that she was sexually abused by her grandfather, and pressed tweet.
The day before, the 37-year-old had sat down at her desk to compose precisely what she wanted to say. She wanted to take her time. Choose exactly the right words. Not leave anything out in the 280-character limit.
This is what she ended up writing:
“My maternal grandfather was a paedophile predator. I was one of his many victims. Even today it is a taboo for many of our family members. 30 years later, I still struggle on a daily basis to (re)build myself.”
Her tweet would be one of tens of thousands of testimonials to take over Twitter in France this month under the hashtag #metooinceste, and build on the momentum of an explosive tell-all book, La Familia Grande, that accused a well-known French intellectual and media personality of committing incest and sexual abuse.
More at https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ad55w/france-is-having-its-reckoning-with-incest-in-2021
