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In “C l’hebdo” on France 5, on April 13, infectious disease specialist Karine Lacombe said she “fell out of her chair” when she read Patrick Pelloux’s response in “Paris Match”.
#METOO – If the release of speech is immediate, awareness turns out to be much slower. After Karine Lacombe accused emergency physician Patrick Pelloux of “sexual and moral harassment”giving rise to a wave of testimonies on sexism and sexual violence in hospitals, the doctor chose to take responsibility for his attitude “gritty” in the corridors of Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris. A reaction which greatly shocked Karine Lacombe.
In Paris Match, Patrick Pelloux has in fact refuted any aggression, only recognizing inappropriate gestures. “ What we said and what we did is undoable today, that’s for sure. But we had a good laugh”he said, before specifying that he was going to be “ forced to file a lawsuit » to Karine Lacombe.
“I fell out of my chair when I read the interview [dans Paris Match] yesterday. I said to myself: “Who was laughing, who was laughing apart from those who sexually assaulted, who made these ribald remarks?” “, reacted this Saturday April 13 Karine Lacombe, on the set of C the weekly on France 5, as you can hear in the sequence below.
“ Kneaded with guilt »
“Rubbing against a girl when her back is not fun”, she added. And to continue: “It’s not because at the time we didn’t say anything, because we were steeped in guilt, because we were afraid of hierarchy and consequences, that it was funny. No not at all. »
Then, regarding the threat of complaint made by Patrick Pelloux, the head of the hospital infectious diseases department at Saint-Antoine hospital lambasted: “ I don’t think it’s in his interest for this to go into legal proceedings…”
The one who called for a #MeToo from the hospital also said she received a “ thirty emails » in two days from women working at the hospital “ who tell me they have experienced the same things and others who talk about other situations”. Karine Lacombe affirms: “What I experienced 25 years ago still continues now. » The sign, undoubtedly, that the infectious disease specialist has only opened the way to a more generalized freedom of speech.
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