Actor Jamie Lever has shared her personal experiences of sexual harassment during her school and college years. She revealed how these incidents traumatised her and stayed with her for a long time before she found the courage to speak out.
Actor and comedian Jamie Lever recently shared her personal experiences with sexual harassment during her school and college years. She said those incidents left her traumatised while growing up. They affected her mentally and stayed in her subconscious. Because of that, she kept her distance from men for a long time.
In an interview with Hauterrfly, Jamie recalled multiple incidents that had a lasting impact on her. She mentioned one particular incident from her school days, where a man stood outside her school and behaved inappropriately while she and a friend were waiting in a car.
“This one time, my friend and I were waiting in the car for my brother to come. While we were talking to each other, this guy came and stood opposite me and started to masturbate. This was the first time I saw a male part, and I was so young that I didn’t know what he was doing,” she said.
“I suddenly told my friend, ‘there is a creepy man behind you and I don’t know what he is doing.’ My friend suggested that I ignore him and continue to speak with her. I was very scared. I was shaking. I slowly moved and locked the car. After a while, he realised that we weren’t paying any attention to him. He left. I was just 10 or 12 then,” she continued.
