{"id":2853,"date":"2018-01-21T18:20:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/01\/21\/natalie-portman-says-she-experienced-sexual-terrorism-as-a-13-year-old-in-hollywood-watch\/"},"modified":"2018-01-21T18:20:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:20:37","slug":"natalie-portman-says-she-experienced-sexual-terrorism-as-a-13-year-old-in-hollywood-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/01\/21\/natalie-portman-says-she-experienced-sexual-terrorism-as-a-13-year-old-in-hollywood-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Portman Says She Experienced \u2018Sexual Terrorism\u2019 as a 13-Year-Old in Hollywood \u2014 Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/natalie-portman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_natalie-portman\">Natalie Portman<\/a> has her own #MeToo story. Speaking at yesterday&#8217;s Women&#8217;s March, the Oscar winner said that she experienced &#8220;sexual terrorism&#8221; when she was 13 years old and that the first fan letter she ever received was a \u201crape fantasy\u201d from a man.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/01\/scarlett-johansson-james-franco-womens-march-times-up-1201919728\/\" title=\"Scarlett Johansson Calls Out James Franco at the Women\u2019s March: \u2018I Want My Pin Back\u2019\">Scarlett Johansson Calls Out James Franco at the Women\u2019s March: \u2018I Want My Pin Back\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Portman came to attention at a young age, beginning with her role in &#8220;L\u00e9on: The Professional\u201d and continuing with the \u201cStar Wars\u201d prequel trilogy. &#8220;A countdown was started on my local radio show to my 18th birthday \u2014 euphemistically the date that I would be legal to sleep with,&#8221; she said onstage yesterday. &#8220;Movie reviewers talked about my budding breasts in reviews. I understood very quickly, even as a 13-year-old, that if I were to express myself sexually I would feel unsafe and that men would feel entitled to discuss and objectify my body to my great discomfort.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/01\/womens-march-2018-natalie-portman-viola-davis-1201919592\/\" title=\"Women\u2019s March 2018: Natalie Portman, Viola Davis, Scarlett Johansson, and More Take to the Streets\">Women\u2019s March 2018: Natalie Portman, Viola Davis, Scarlett Johansson, and More Take to the Streets<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;At 13 years old, the message from our culture was clear to me. I felt the need to cover my body and to inhibit my expression and my work in order to send my own message to the world that I&#8217;m someone worthy of safety and respect,\u201d she added. \u201cThe response to my expression, from small comments about my body to more threatening deliberate statements, served to control my behavior through an environment of sexual terrorism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch her full comments below.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Natalie Portman said experiencing &quot;sexual terrorism&quot; at the age of 13 made her feel the need to cover her body and inhibit expression while addressing thousands in LA gathered for the Women&#039;s March <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LjDJxrz1DV\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/LjDJxrz1DV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X9Ee9dZUBM\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/X9Ee9dZUBM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CNN (@CNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/954915618813284353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">January 21, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natalie Portman has her own #MeToo story. 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