Joanna Lumley says women used to be ‘tougher’ and that it’s now fashionable to be a ‘victim’
‘It’s pathetic, we have gone mad’, she declared
Joanna Lumley has said that women used to be “tougher” and that it has become the “fashion” for people to be a “victim”.
Reflecting on her career in showbusiness, the Absolutely Fabulous star criticised the #MeToo era saying that people used to be able to “look after themselves”.
She told Prospect magazine: “If someone whistled at you in the street, it didn't matter. If someone was groping, we slapped their hands.
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