Abigail Breslin says she had a similar experience with Blake Lively

• Abigail Breslin reflected on her own experiences with toxic masculinity in support of Blake Lively and the latter’s sexual harassment complaint against Justin Baldoni
• The Miranda’s victim the actress claimed her own past with an abusive partner was “expressed as ‘baseless allegations'” during a recent lawsuit against her, which emerged after she made complaints about a co-star and has since been dropped.
• “And here we are again, in a vicious cycle of crucifying another woman for speaking out against a man,” Breslin added of the Lively-Baldoni case.

Abigail Breslin talk about his own experiences with toxic masculinity in support Blake Lively and its recent sexual harassment complaint against Justin Baldoni.

The Still water the 28-year-old actress shared her feedback on Lively’s situation in the context of her own past and the post-#MeToo era in a Tumblr post that she did and cross-posted on Instagram on dec 28

“When did the word woman become synonymous with scapegoat?” Breslin began. “As I watch the news every day, I realize that this is the world we seem to live in. In light of recent events regarding the attempt to destroy the career and livelihood of a fellow actress and women, I felt compelled to write this because I have unfortunately been subjected to the same toxic masculinity throughout my life.”

In November 2023, Breslin herself was at the center of a legal battle after accusing Aaron Eckhart of “aggressive, demeaning and unprofessional behaviour” on the set of their movie classified, according to a complaint filed by the film’s producers.

Although she didn’t name a specific project in her Tumblr post, Breslin continued, “In my recent career, I brought up concerns about a male colleague… I was told my fears were a figment of my imagination . I see this pattern coming up more, I realize this is the norm.”

The actress went on to say that she was “hopeful for change” at one point, “especially in the latter part of 2017 when many brave women came forward during the #MeToo movement”, which “felt different”.

“There seemed to be an uprising, a new wave of recognition for those who had been abused, degraded, maligned, silenced, and it was loud,” she wrote. “But it was the kind of noise I can only liken to a firework. It can wake you up from a deep sleep, burn so hard and shock the s— out of you, but then it goes out – just like that.”

“And when the smoke from the sky clears and the ash and debris is cleared from the pavement, behind closed doors – to them – we’re still just loud women,” she added Scream Queens alum. “So we’ll all mind our own business until the next wave of injustice comes.”

Breslin said “men and anyone who enables abusers” were “angry that they might have to change their own dehumanizing behavior,” explaining, “I remember going from ‘Yasss!!! Go women!!!! We woke up! I got your back!!!!’ To “My God, didn’t these bitches have their moment a few years ago? ”

“As if centuries of women being underpaid, undervalued, underappreciated, violated, harassed, terrorized and used for the benefit of dick-wielding heroes are erased because you commented on your second cousin’s #MeToo Instagram saying, ‘Be strong.’ ” she added. “It was a pat on the head, a consolation prize accompanied by a wink, as if we were all constantly complaining that the gas station didn’t sell our favorite brands of tampons.”

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Breslin went on to bring up a since-dismissed lawsuit (apparently the case involving Eckhart, 56) filed against her after she made “a confidential complaint against a co-worker for unprofessional conduct,” saying, ” I had the stupid and naive. the impression that he would believe me”.

“Instead of being believed and protected, I was sued for having the audacity to speak out,” she wrote.

The Academy Award the candidate also claimed that “her previous abuse” in a relationship was “brought up as ‘baseless claims'” during the case, “and I was made to look like someone who simply went after men rather than being seen as someone who dealt as a professional in this world, since I was a child, I took my feet.”

“This was after I had taken all recommended, reasonable and appropriate steps of confidential reporting to my union,” Breslin said. “The experience left me with a lot of questions, from professionals in my industry, from the public and from men.”

Near the end of her post, Breslin questioned why women are under suspicion from the public, asking, “Why are we always so quick to defend a man after he’s accused of bad behavior, but if a woman speaks out… liar?”

“I think most people think the approval of a man is much more important than the burden of supporting a woman. For men, it’s always innocent until proven guilty. For women it is the opposite. “Show your fear.” — Show your discomfort. “Show your pain,” she wrote. “This HAS to change.”

The Miranda’s victim star implored men “who have such a hard time believing that women are honest” to consider the questions: “Do you know what happens to us if we report anything? You know that most of the time a woman reports a concern for a manis the burden of proof exclusively on us? Do you know how it feels to be treated like a second-class citizen just because we don’t have an appendix to stick into anything we feel we’re entitled to?”

“And yet… you need us. You can’t charge your phone without an outlet, right? And that’s all we are? Outlets? Something to take your anger and vitriol and push it into us and on us?” Breslin said. “It brings us to the impossible double-edged sword we face every day. If we don’t speak up, we’re weak and helping the problem. If we do, we’re overdramatic, mean, bossy, diva.”

Speaking about Lively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, she continued: “And here we are again, in a vicious cycle of crucifying the other. woman for speaking against a man. Watching the world split in two to find out who is telling the truth, no matter how much evidence is presented. Because how could a woman do anything but lie or exaggerate?”

“To change the narrative, we don’t need more women to scream. We just need a lot more men to shut up and listen,” Breslin concluded.