Review | Gisèle Pelicot bravely went public as a rape victim. But her life collapsed.
By Monica Hesse ·
Bias Score
42%
Headline Bait
28%
This book review is the most overtly analytical piece and explicitly editorializes — noting that Pelicot was 'an easy victim to applaud' as a 'well-kept middle-class grandmother' and drawing a pointed commentary about societal standards for survivors. While these observations have journalistic merit, they represent the reviewer's interpretation rather than the memoir's content, and the piece conflates book review with social commentary.
Narrative FramingLoaded LanguageAppeal to EmotionSource Selection Bias
“in a world that still often demands perfection from its survivors, Gisèle was an easy victim to applaud: a well-kept middle-class grandmother, no bawdy past, no hysterics”
“Not all men are assaulters or harassers -- as many defensive males informed us during the height of the #MeToo movement -- but this trial made it clear that any man could be”
