Jessica Alba Says She Put Up an “Armor of Masculinity” to Avoid Being Preyed on in Hollywood Before MeToo
“I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with owning your sexuality. I just frankly was definitely not that person. I was very nervous about all of that, and I was quite uncomfortable in my own skin,” she explained. “It wasn’t until I became a mom that I really started to even see myself as a woman or a sexual being or someone who owned her power and her femininity.”
Being in touch with her femininity was something that came later in life as the actress spent much of her youth in Hollywood creating a masculine armor around herself. “At that time, I felt like I was very much having to put up this armor of masculinity and masculine energy so I wouldn’t be preyed on because there were a lot of predators in Hollywood from age 12 to 26,” she said when Wallace asked about being objectified by Hollywood.
Having to navigate an industry where she was constantly protecting herself, the actress says, also played a part in her decision to step back some from acting and pursue her business. “I think at the time, I felt a bit tapped out with entertainment, with where it was at. It was pre-#MeToo movement and I think this is a very different Hollywood today than it was 14 years ago,”
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