Angela Lansbury; Actress Say's Women Should Also Be Blamed For Sexual Harassment Incidents

The Telegraph:-Women should settle for some blame for molestation and abuse because they “go out of their way to make themselves attractive” to men, Dame Angela Lansbury has said.



While different Hollywood actresses have condemned the stories that have surfaced since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, Dame Angela offered a strikingly completely different take.

“There are 2 sides to this coin. we've to own up to the very fact that ladies, since past times, have gone out of their way to make themselves enticing. And sadly it's backfired on us – and this is where we are nowadays.

“We should generally take blame, women. i actually do think that. though it’s awful to mention we can’t make ourselves look as engaging as attainable while not being knocked down and raped,” the 92-year-old told Radio Times.

She further added that the fault doesn't lie with individual victims: “Should ladies be prepared for this? No, they shouldn’t have to be. There’s no excuse for that. and i suppose it will stop now – it got to. i believe plenty of men should be terribly worried at this time.”

Dame Angela said she had not suffered any harassment throughout her time as a young thespian in Hollywood, where she was signed to MGM studios and attained an oscar nomination for her initial role, in the 1944 film gaslight.

Her career remains a busy one and she is going to be on screen this Christmas in an exceedingly BBC One adaptation of little girls, as the cantankerous aunt March.

Dame Angela has also just finished work on the Walt Disney film Mary Poppins Returns, during which she plays the Balloon lady, a personality from the original PL Travers books. She is best known to tv viewers as Jessica Fletcher in the long-running television series, Murder, She Wrote, and was made a dame in 2014 for services to drama.