In France, A Shocking Story and Difficult Questions About Society

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Eleanor Beardsley
and
Greg Dixon
WNYC | Sep 16, 2024

A rape case in France involving a woman whose ex-husband is on trial for drugging her and recruiting other men to sexually assault her. Now thousands have turned out to support her and many are asking hard questions about the culture that allowed this to happen for years.

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