Emily Ratajkowski blasted “Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik for “victim blaming” for her op-ed about Harvey Weinstein’s decades-long sexual harassment and sexual assault accusations.
“So @missmayim ‘advice’ is: I was never pretty & never tried to be & ladies, take note if you don’t want to be harassed? This isn’t feminism,” the 26-year-old Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model tweeted Sunday, along with a link to the article in the New York Times under the headline, “Being a Feminist in Harvey Weinstein’s World.” (RELATED: Emily Ratajkowski Clarifies: Big Boobs Hurt Me In Fashion Industry, Not Hollywood [PHOTOS])
So @missmayim “advice” is: I was never pretty & never tried to be & ladies, take note if you don’t want to be harassed? This isn’t feminism pic.twitter.com/0Rrx6jrE5K
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) October 15, 2017
“Victim blaming at its finest,” she added.
VIctim blaming at its finest @missmmayim https://t.co/8DWw6BgRRl
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) October 15, 2017
The comment comes in response to an excerpt from Bialik’s piece about not acting flirtatious with men as being “self-protecting and wise.”
“I still make choices everyday as a 41-year-old actress that I think of as self-protecting and wise,” Bialik wrote. “I have decided that my sexual self is best reserved for private situations with those I am most intimate with. I dress modestly. I don’t act flirtatiously with men as a policy.”
The SI swimsuit model joined a growing list of women who blasted the actress for the article, including Patricia Arquette.
“@missmayim229 I have to say I was dressed non provocatively as a 12 year old when men on the street masturbated at me. It’s not clothing,” Arquette tweeted.
@missmayim229 I have to say I was dressed non provocatively as a 12 year old when men on the street masturbated at me. It’s not clothing.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) October 14, 2017
Really want to again congratulate @missmayim on being too SMART to be PRETTY ENOUGH to get raped. What a great take to give to the world.
— Amanda Duarte (@duarteamanda) October 14, 2017
Mayim Bialik missed the perfect opportunity to call out men in Hollywood. Instead she blames women. https://t.co/kBJPGXhwI1
— Ines Helene (@inihelene) October 14, 2017
Bialik responded to some of the backlash, on Twitter calling it “vicious.”
“I’m being told my N.Y. Times piece resonated with so many and I am beyond grateful for all of the feedback,” Bialik tweeted. “I also see a bunch of people have taken my words out of the context of the Hollywood machine and twisted them to imply that God forbid I would blame a woman for her assault based on her clothing or behavior. Anyone who knows me and my feminism knows that’s absurd and not at all what this piece was about. It’s so sad how vicious people are being when I basically live to make things better for women.”
Being told my @NYTimes piece resonated w/ so many. Also see some have taken my words out of the context of the Hollywood machine. See below: pic.twitter.com/0NmxtAF1vP
— Mayim Bialik (@missmayim) October 15, 2017