Oscar-nominated British actress Samantha Morton has said she is"fuming" about how society treats abused women, like her late mother.
She said she"wouldn't be who I am today" without her mum Pamela, whom she was unable to live with as a child.She added:"My mum had a very, very traumatic childhood. And it's fascinating now as a mother and as a woman growing up to go 'wow'."She described her mother, whom she said was abused as a child, as"kind, subservient. vulnerable, funny" and"beautiful", but noted how nobody else had a good word to say about her.
"Women aren't allowed to be angry if they'd been raped or sexually abused - things weren't talked about."Morton was Oscar-nominated in her early 20s for best supporting actress in 2000, for the film Sweet and Lowdown. She was listed again in 2004 for the best actress Oscar for In America, and later won a Bafta - this time as a director on The Unloved in 2010.
"People abused positions of power," said the 43-year-old Nottingham actress and director, who apologised on the programme for having"snapped" at one point and threatened a bully herself while in one of her riotous care homes.
When I read the headline I understood what she meant, that society doesn’t allow abused women to be angry. But, it could still be easily misunderstood by others. Headline feels clickbaity and inflammatory on purpose.
Powerful message!!
Wow, a rewrite is needed for this headline.
Try being a male then come back to me.
Neither are men dear !
Headline is appaling..Sam is saying something completely different. .. bloody press !!!
Powerful and most needed message! Thanks for sharing this voice!
You are women !!
They are and they do.
Especially if they are Rochdale Girls.
She basically described me 🤔
Men aren't abused by women, left wing liberals say so.
You should see how it treats traumatized men.
I though that was boy George ar first glance
I don’t know who this is or what this is about but I’m guessing this is a completely out of context smear headline, right?
DefundtheBBC
Of course they are. As is their right. What a stupid headline.
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF AND ONLY FOR YOURSELF
And this is how press removes context of Mortons quote to toxically patrol female gender role... What she means is 'The anger of abused women is minimized/smeared a trait of fanaticism, misandry to the pt of its dismissal.' M Bench GenderStudies
Whoever wrote this headline has some real beef with samantha morton
Whatever 🙄
don't you think the title is maybe a little misleading?
It same thing also us kids that Abuse we are silent by the Psychiatry and Law In forcement By Peta Files Lawyers and the Public These Women and us Kids we will not be SILENT ANY MORE THE ABUSES FROM THE PUBLIC ENDS NOW PEOPLE HAVE NO RIGHT TO KEEP US QUITE NOT ANY MORE
What does she want? Angry? Ok.