Jennifer Lawrence recently opened up about the sexual assault and sexism she experienced from a Hollywood director and producer. This comes in light of the allegations thrown at Harvey Weinstein, as well as the #MeToo campaign.
During her speech at the 24th annual Elle Women in Hollywood Awards, Jennifer recounted how she was forced to lose 15 pounds in two weeks when she was just starting out. She was later told to stand in a “nude lineup” with women who were “much, much thinner than me,” wearing only paste-ons to cover their privates. “After that degrading and humiliating lineup, the female producer told me I should use the naked photos of myself as inspiration for my diet.”
Meanwhile, the director of the film also asked Jennifer to star in a porn film, “among many other things that are too inappropriate to repeat here.” When she confided in another producer about the incident, she was told she was “perfectly f*ck-able.”
Jennifer’s story, along with so many others, is proof that this problem doesn’t just start and end with Harvey Weinstein. Several Hollywood executives are also capable of doing these things to actors and actresses—starting out and well-known—without fearing the fact that they might lose their jobs the next day. This is the same in other fields of work.
“When you’re a movie star, you have the power to say no, but what constitutes this power?” Jennifer said. “Every human being, no matter how successful they are, should have the power to be treated with respect because they’re human.”
Let this be an eye-opener to us all and empower us to stand with victims of assault. This needs to stop.
[Fashionista]
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