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This episode contains conversation about rape, assault and violence. You can contact Rape Crisis for free on 0808 500 2222. 
This week, in the wake of the Cornell 7 case - a story of group male violence against a young woman, and of mass male bystanderism and complicity-by-silence - we want to bring back an episode we recorded at the end of 2024. 

At the time, two harrowing stories sent shockwaves around the world. In France, Dominique Pelicot was standing trial for recruiting 72 men to join him in drugging and raping his then wife, Gisèle, over the course of a decade. And in Kenya, Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei was burned alive after being set on fire by her ex-boyfriend. 

In the case of the Cornell 7, seven men assaulted and raped Jane Doe. But 50 other men stood by and didn’t stop it.  72 men assaulted and raped Gisele Pelicot. But THOUSANDS more were on the same website her ex-husband used, and thousands stood by and didn’t stop it. 

The Cornell 7 is a story about men. But social media algorithms feed the story to women. And the news outlets label the problem ‘violence against women’. Men are literally being erased from their problem – and then excused from the solution.  It is MEN that should be talking about rape culture and what they’re doing to end it. It is men that should be calling out dangerous other men. It is men that should be putting forward solutions to keep women safe. It is men that have the power to change other men in society. 

In this episode of media storm, we flipped the script. Because if violence against women begins with men, it can also end with men.

This archive episode features Daniel Guinness, Director of Beyond Equality, and workshop facilitator Nathaniel Cole.

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