Gisèle Pelicot: How one woman shook attitudes to rape in France

Gisèle Pelicot's four-month rape trial in Avignon , France , is due to end this week .

Many French women and not just those at the courthouse are pondering two fundamental questions.

What might it say about French men that 50 of them were apparently willing to accept a casual invitation to have sex with an unknown woman as she lay, unconscious, in a stranger's bedroom? The second question emerges from the first : How far will this trial go in helping to tackle an epidemic of sexual violence and of drug-facilitated rape?.

The Pelicot case is helping to shape the contours of attitudes to rape in France .

23 of those on trial or 45% of them had previous criminal convictions.

Some men have pushed back against the argument, using the hashtag #NotAllMen.

Some experts believe the huge public interest in the case could already be producing benefits.

Gisèle Pelicot claims she was drugged by a man who tried to rape her at a party in Paris .

Joel Geuerriau denies drugging her, blaming a "handling error" and telling investigators that the glass had been contaminated a day earlier .

Josso is now campaigning to "make victims' journeys easier" when it comes to the French legal system.