We believe you,” he said in a two-minute message.īut as Cathy Milard, director of SOS Inceste, a support group for survivors of sexual violence points out, the fact that incest is being talked about openly – without being watered down by euphemisms – marks a huge step for victims and survivors. In the weeks since, the social media campaign, which was organised by a collective of feminists Nous Toutes (All of Us) and inspired by the book, has brought one of society’s most taboo subjects out into the open, spurring national debate in France the Senate to revisit consent laws and President Emmanual Macron to weigh in on the conversation with promises of increased support to victims of incest.
Often it’s victims who feel ashamed, even though it should be the other way around. “I felt like I no longer had to hide, or feel ashamed of what I went through. “It was a huge relief to send the tweet,” Tricotelle told VICE World News. 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.
