The government wants to raise awareness among the French about the issue of sexual assault on minors. According to a report from the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual Violence Against Children (Ciivise) unveiled on March 31, 2023, 160,000 little girls and boys are victims of touching and rape each year in France. This report also revealed that a minor was sexually assaulted every three minutes… And most often within the family circle. In an interview published Monday September 11, 2023 in West FranceSecretary of State for Children Charlotte Caubel announced the broadcast of a campaign “shock”, modeled on that of Road Safety. It has been broadcast since Tuesday September 12, 2023 on television, in cinemas, on social networks and even at bus stops. “The first spot, showing a little girl panicking at the arrival of a visibly aggressor adult, will be broadcast at times which will inevitably disturb the French”, detailed Charlotte Caubel to our colleagues. This operation aims to emphasize the notion of “secret”. “Sexual violence against children is a secret that is too well kept”is it possible to play at the end of the mass-streamed video, which you can watch here.
The choice of Muriel Robin
Monday October 2, 2023, Muriel Robin will headline a two-part TV film entitled Eyes wide closed broadcast on TF1, dedicated to the problem of incest. The 68-year-old actress plays the role of Anne-Marie, a grandmother is faced with a terrible choice: believe her 6-year-old grandson, Adrien, who accuses his father of touching, or take the side of her own son Stéphane. When she was 12 years old, the actress herself was the victim of an attempted sexual assault in an elevator. “Before, a priest caressed my thigh a little and I took my hand away. When I see a priest, I think of all the children who have had this hand without being able to remove it”she explained during an interview on RMC-BFMTV Tuesday September 12, 2023. Just like the government’s campaign against violence against children, this TV film is a way of raising awareness among the French about incesta subject that still seems taboo. For this reason, Eyes wide closed adds a stone to the edifice and also accuses the notion of “secret” sexual violence against children within families.
Every three minutes, a child is the victim of rape, incest or sexual assault. Around you, without knowing it, you know child victims, you know adult perpetrators. #Let’sBreakTheSilenceshare this campaign and call 119 if you have the slightest doubt. pic.twitter.com/DYljC8WhvT
— Charlotte Caubel (@CharlotteCaubel) September 12, 2023