In Variety’s latest Power of Women issue, Hollywood actor Ashley Judd has shared a story about being sexually harassed by a studio mogul. Apparently he tried to get Judd to watch him while taking a shower. This is the first time that she has shared this story in public. According to Variety she said-
I was sexually harassed by one of our industry’s most famous, admired-slash-reviled bosses. I was making Kiss the Girls at the time, and here I was, a declared feminist. I had completed a minor in what was then called women’s studies, which we now call gender studies. And yet I did not recognize at the time what was happening to me. It took years before I could evaluate that incident and realise that there was something incredibly wrong and illegal about it. And I think that’s what’s happening in Hollywood with regard to female crew members, above-the-line and below-the-line talent, and pay disparity. We’re individually and collectively coming to a realisation and acceptance that this is an entrenched part of reality, and I think that talking about it is essential to the process of becoming aware, accepting that this is reality and then ultimately taking action.
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