LAHORE – Priyanka Chopra has revealed that she has also faced sexual harassment as she opened up about her experiences.
Speaking at the ’10th Annual Women in World Summit’ in New York, she responded to a question whether she had ever faced sexual harassment herself. “Everybody in this room has probably faced one because it had become a norm with women”, she said without going into further details.
“We always had a voice. Just nobody heard us. Now because of the support we are giving each other, people don’t have the power to shut us down. And that’s an incredibly powerful thing to see. Now if I have a story I don’t feel I’m alone anymore – and I’m not ashamed of it”, she added.
She had stated, ““I think people have misunderstood the #MeToo movement if they restrict it only to the film industry. It’s not only ki film industry mein aisi cheez hoti hai. Har job mein hoti hai. Jo mere saath hua hai, woh bohot pehle hua hai. Aisa nahi hai ki Dangal ke time hua hai ya uske baad. It happened when I was very young. I think people assuming that it’s very current and wondering why I am not talking about it… that’s a lot of expectation. Every woman in our country has dealt with it and I’m sure not everyone wants to talk about it publicly.”