Actress Abigail Breslin said that “toxic masculinity” in Hollywood “is the norm” in a statement she shared on Sunday on her Instagram and Tumblr accounts, referencing.
The ongoing Blake Lively scandal and the time she was sued by a movie’s producers for complaining about a co-star’s behaviour on set. At what point did the term “woman” come to mean “scapegoat”?
I’m aware that this is the world we seem to live in as I watch the news every day. I have regrettably been exposed to the same toxic masculinity throughout my life, therefore I felt obliged to write.
This in light of current events involving an effort to ruin the career and livelihood of a fellow actor and woman,” Breslin said. I raised concerns about a male coworker at my most recent job,
And I was labelled “hysterical.” I was informed that my worries were unfounded. I now understand that this is the norm as I see this pattern appear more often.
Breslin said that she, “like a lot of women, had hope in change,” especially after the 2017 explosion of the #MeToo movement. However, she described that movement as more akin to “a firework.”