Writing in The Guardian, Melissa Silverstein says that Hollywood treats women much as the way society does in that it’s a common theme to disbelieve women who say they are sexually assaulted. I felt humiliated and, to be honest, I felt a little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci,” she had said. “uring the scene, even though what Marlon was doing wasn’t real, I was crying real tears. In a 2007 interview to Daily Mail, Schneider had said that she felt a little raped, both by Marlon and Bertolucci. Others on Twitter wondered why it took so long for the outrage, particularly because Schneider had talked about it years ago. I feel rage,” Captain America star Chris Evans tweeted. #disgusting #disgrace,” tweeted The Office actress Jenna Fischer. It contains an actual rape and sexual assault. “All copies of this film should be destroyed immediately.
The comments predictably set off a online firestorm, with celebrities among those calling for the director to be stripped of his awards or to be prosecuted.
