'The whole 'why do women wait' thing?' Women don't wait. Our culture doesn't listen.'
KGC-138/STAR MAX/IPxThe Washington Post, which has seen the movie, reported that she does not name her abusers.Visit Insider's homepage for more storiesAlanis Morissette has revealed in a new HBO documentary "Jagged" that she was raped by multiple men during her music career, according to a report byThe documentary follows Morissette's journey to stardom and raises difficult questions about the music industry.
"I'm going to need some help because I never talk about this," Morissette says in the movie, according to The Post. "It took me years in therapy to even admit there had been any kind of victimization on my part. I would always say I was consenting, and then I'd be reminded like 'Hey, you were 15, you're not consenting at 15.' Now I'm like, 'Oh yeah, they're all pedophiles. It's all statutory rape.
"You know a lot of people say 'why did that woman wait 30 years? And I'm like f--- off. They don't wait 30 years. No one was listening or their livelihood was threatened or their family was threatened. The whole 'why do women wait' thing? Women don't wait. Our culture doesn't listen."This is not the first time Morissette has talked about sexual misconduct in the music industry.
Morissette also revealed in that interview with The Sunday Times that she had experienced "sexual abuse, exploitation, financial undermining" throughout her life since the age of 3.
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