French actress Brigitte Bardot called most of the actresses who publicly claimed to have been sexually abused "hypocritical, ridiculous and irrelevant" and criticized those who get roles through courting.
The former face of French cinema, who is 83 years old, said in an interview with Paris Match that she had never been a victim of sexual abuse.
"It was charming for me to be told that I'm beautiful or that I have a nice, small butt. That kind of compliment is pleasant," said the actress who became a star as a sex symbol in the fifties.
About sexual harassment in the world of acting, Brigitte Bardot said that most actresses who make accusations are "hypocritical, ridiculous and irrelevant" and added that her assessment does not apply to all women.
"There are a lot of actresses who court producers in order to get a role. Afterwards, in order to get even more talk about them, they talk about being abused... In fact, they do more harm than good from such stories," said the hairless actress. language, especially when talking about the relationship between people and animals, to which she devoted herself completely.
The newspaper "Mond" recently transmitted a letter from a group of a hundred women in France who believe that after the scandal with the American producer Harvey Weinstein, who was accused of a series of sexual offenses, puritanism and feminism emerged as "hatred of men".
The letter was also signed by actress Katrin Deneuve, who later apologized to the victims of sexual abuse, but added that the sexual harassment scandal "has gone too far" and that men are now victims of "media lynching".
In the text signed by writer Katrin Mije, actress Ingrid Kavan and philosopher Peggy Sastr, it is stated that "rape is a crime", but that "persistent flirting is not a crime, while male gallantry does not have to be an act of aggression by a macho man".
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