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Jacqueline Bisset Criticizes #MeToo at Torino Festival, Tells Women Not to 'Provoke' Men

The 81-year-old condemned rape, urging restraint from women in light of what she called a natural male impulse.

Overview

  • Speaking in Turin on Nov. 23, Bisset said women should avoid provoking men and urged that “each person take responsibility.”
  • She described male erections as frequent and natural and argued women should not continually trigger them unless they intend to.
  • She likened guidance for men to house-training a dog, while stressing she detests abuse and rape and finds it intolerable.
  • Bisset blamed social-media-fueled narcissism and exhibitionism for encouraging provocative behavior and deepening insecurity among young women.
  • Honored at the festival, she revisited her career with anecdotes about Roman Polanski and Paul Newman and recalled being invited to Sharon Tate’s villa a week before the Cielo Drive murders.