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Experts say defense strategies are typical for rape trials
Can you imagine if she were a young woman who had consumed alcohol
Their whole life is scrutinized starting with police officers asking how they were dressed what is their sexuality etcetera
They tried to poke holes in her credibility and self-portrayal
Many defendants are married and have children
Last week many began to cross-examine Ms Pelicot and reveal strategies
More than 40 defense lawyers fill the room
Many women credit her with skewering the myth of the monster rapist
There is a journalist nurse prison guard and tech specialist among defendants
Defendants work as truck drivers construction workers tradesmen salesmen
Defendants range in age from 26 to 74
Defendants are thin fat bearded smooth-faced
Most men do not dispute sex with Ms Pelicot but say they did not think it was rape
More than a dozen men pleaded guilty
Now she arrives at court dressed impeccably embodying the phrase shame must change sides
They say they were tricked lured by her husband for three-way encounters and told she was pretending to be asleep
In three weeks since the rape trial began Ms Pelicot became a feminist hero in France
He invited men to rape her while she was drugged
When she leaves each night supporters applaud and cheer
Her face appears on TV newscasts newspapers walls and signs