Olivia Munn on Hollywood harassment: 'This is not a 'women's issue''
After coming forward about director Brett Ratner's alleged sexual misconduct, actress Olivia Munn has written an open letter about Hollywood's constant subjugation of women and the systems that keep problematic men in power.
"The system that lets men like Ratner and Allen back in, is the same system that creates disparity," Munn wrote for Entertainment Weekly. "It’s tilted to roll back into their favor while the rest of us are saddled with a Sisyphean task."
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"In our world today — and it’s not just Hollywood, it’s the same for girls and women all over the world who have survived sexual abuse and/or harassment — abusers don’t usually get in trouble unless the victim is broken first, because the violating act alone is not damaging enough to spark society’s outrage," Munn wrote. She described the cycle as "a marathon towards self-destruction in order to gain credibility and a vicious circle of victim-blaming." Read more...
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