Named after the pétreoleuses (women supporters of the 1871 Paris Commune accused of arson attacks), the band asserts their right to bodily autonomy, making a political argument from first principles (‘My desire, my right to choose or to refuse this encounter … my body and my choice’). Pre-dating the explosion of #MeToo in 2017, the song is part of a wider movement involving the sharing of experiences of sexual assault so as to draw attention to rape culture.