OlderPhoebe Tonkin Wants The Next Generation Not To Feel Guilty About Speaking Out About Sexual Assault
Phoebe Tonkin is recounting her own sexual assault story on Twitter today.
After the launch of the Twitter initiative, The Originals star joins countless others in opening up about their stories.
Phoebe took it one step further, reminding us beyond the sexual assault she experienced, she was also subject to slut shaming afterwards.
“Left phoneless and walletless in the dark on the side of a road, picked up by 2 guys, had to fend off the same thing again by them #metoo.”
“No one is immune to assault or harassment. No one.”
Phoebe adds, “Slut shaming and victim shaming is the same thing. I was a teenager and that type of story was accepted by the girls as normal, and used as a way to ruin my reputation and spread as gossip by the boys. That there is the problem.”
Read more of her tweets below:
Also, I think about this at least zero times day. Very rarely over the last 10 years. But what I do think about daily is the day to day….
— Phoebe Tonkin (@1PhoebeJTonkin) October 17, 2017
…objectification of women's bodies, of the accusations towards women in regards to their mental health. Who has ever been accused of…
— Phoebe Tonkin (@1PhoebeJTonkin) October 17, 2017
..being too fat, of being pregnant, of trying to steal someone's boyfriend, of being anorexic, of being a drug addict. All accusations to..
— Phoebe Tonkin (@1PhoebeJTonkin) October 17, 2017
…rob women of their identities and their self worth. Being ashamed of being ourselves and of who we are and what we do, what we've done.
— Phoebe Tonkin (@1PhoebeJTonkin) October 17, 2017
I hope the next generation of girls sees that assault, and harassment, sexual or otherwise, is not normal. Should never be normal.
— Phoebe Tonkin (@1PhoebeJTonkin) October 17, 2017
And don't feel weird/guilty/akward or ashamed to speak out.
Or not even need to speak out but to not feel like they've done anything wrong.— Phoebe Tonkin (@1PhoebeJTonkin) October 17, 2017
