The 79-year-old Hollywood icon revealed she was raped and sexually
abused while discussing feminism and being an activist in an interview
with fellow actress Brie Larson for Net-A-Porter.
"To show you the extent to which a patriarchy takes a toll on females;
I've been raped, I've been sexually abused as a child and I've been
fired because I wouldn't sleep with my boss and I always thought it was
my fault;" she explained
to the "Room" star. "That I didn't do or say the right thing."
The fitness guru didn't give further detail into the incidents, but
used the examples to explain what young girls and women go through all
of the time.
"I know young girls who've been raped and didn't even know it was rape.
They think, 'It must have been because I said 'no' the wrong way,'"
Fonda said.
The "Barbarella" star explained that it took her ages to learn how to
say no, unlike Larson who said she already chooses her roles carefully.
"Unlike you, Brie, it took me 60 years to learn how to say no," Fonda said.

Fonda has made a legacy of being a political activist. She's spoken on
behalf of women as a proud feminist and also recently rallied against
President Trump's Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipeline orders.
In her earlier days as an actress, she spoke out against the Vietnam
war — an issue that she explained first made her realize celebrities
have the right to an opinion just as anyone else does.
Fonda was dating record producer Richard Perry since 2009, but the two
just recently broke things off. She was previously married to Ted Turner
from 1991 to 2001, Tom Hayden from 1973 to 1990 and Roger Vadim from
1965 to 1973.
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