Emma Thompson reveals her teenage daughter Gaia was sexually assaulted in packed London train
Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson has spoken out after her teenage daughter was sexually assaulted on the public transport system in London last year.
According to The Daily Mail, Gaia Wise, then aged 17, was on the Tube, when she was targeted by an attacker. "My daughter had the experience of being felt up on the Tube and felt very nervous about going out on the tube for a long time afterwards," the 'Howards End' star told the Mail.
Thompson went on to add that women often tend to blame themselves for not standing up to abusers, which can lead to negative thinking, and that her daughter had been no exception. "She said the thing that upset her most was not the act itself but the fact that she felt cowed enough by it not to call him out," the 59-year-old actress added. "And I think that what we suffer as women most from our shame at not being able to say 'Why are you doing this?'"