In the wake of the Olivier Duhamel affair, a French political scientist is accused of the incestuous sexual abuse of his stepson, a hashtag #Metooinceste has sparked "hundreds" of testimonies on Twitter on Saturday, according to French feminist movement #Noustoutes, reports FRANCE 24.
"He was my grandfather", "the cool uncle of the family", "it happened when I was aged 6 to 14": these were the beginnings of some of the testimonies posted on Twitter on Saturday under the new hashtag #Metooinceste.
Following the model of the global #Metoo movement that denounced sexual assaults and harassment from 2017, this new hashtag comes "in the wake of the publication of Camille Kouchner's book, La Familia Grande, notes #Noustoutes in a statement.
The book reveals that Kouchner's brother was the victim of incest by his stepfather, the political scientist Olivier Duhamel, when he was 14 years old.
For #Noustoutes, "these testimonies confirm what child protection professionals have been saying and repeating for many years".
"People who commit the crime of incest come from all walks of life, adults react little or badly when victims confide in them and the signals sent by victims "are not heard".
The movement believes that "we have the opportunity to detect this violence very quickly and stop it", advocating in particular for "massive prevention campaigns" and better training for professionals working in contact with children.
The hashtag #Metooinceste was in second place in France's Twitter trends on Saturday evening.