The US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shocked the world by sharing her own sexual harassment story at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend.&nbsp;

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Ginsburg, present at the festival in Utah, to watch over the premiere of a documentary about her life titled &quot;RBG&quot; -- spoke on a panel about the film, her fight for women&#39;s rights while sharing her own struggles as a woman.&nbsp;

Founder of the ACLU&#39;s Women&#39;s Rights Project, Ginsburg praised the efforts of women to start a dialogue of sexual harassment and abuse under<a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/metoo-time-magazine-announces-silence-breakers-as-person-of-the-year-26051" target="_blank"> #MeToo campaign</a> before adding that&nbsp;&ldquo;it&rsquo;s about time.&rdquo;

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Addressing a crowd&nbsp;during a forum to promote her new documentary, she told NPR legal correspondent and longtime friend Nina Totenberg who was leading the discussion, about an incident that occurred when she was a law student at&nbsp;Cornell University in the early 1950s.

She said, &quot;Every woman of my vintage knows what sexual harassment is, although we didn&#39;t have a name for it. The attitude to sexual harassment was simply, get past it. Boys will be boys.&quot;

She went on to give a personal example from her early life: &quot;I am taking a chemistry course at Cornell and my instructor said, because I was uncertain about my ability, he said &#39;I&#39;ll give you a practice exam.&#39; So he gave me a practice exam. The next day, the test is the practice exam, and I knew exactly what he wanted in return. That&rsquo;s just one of many examples.&quot;

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Ginsburg, however, didn&#39;t brush off the incident and right after the exam walked up to the instructor and confronted him.&nbsp;She said,&nbsp;&ldquo;I went to his office and I said, &lsquo;How dare you! How dare you, you. And that was the end of that.&rdquo;

Identified globally as a feminist, the 84-year-old confessed that this wasn&#39;t the only time she came face-to-face with sexual harassment and gender inequality.&nbsp;

Contributing to the #MeToo campaign, she also narrated how when she began teaching at Rutgers Law School in 1964, she felt she was being treated differently than her male colleagues. Her pay cut was much more than that of a peer who had also graduated at the same time from law school. When she raised the issue to the dean at that time, he responded by saying&nbsp;that he (the male colleague) had a &quot;wife and two children to support&quot; while &quot;you have a husband with a good paying job in New York.&quot;

Ginsburg spoke strongly about the need to speak up and how effectively this campaign is giving a platform to women who are not in power to talk and open up.

She ended her talk with: &quot;Let&#39;s see where it goes. So far, it&#39;s been great.&nbsp;But when I see women appearing every place, in numbers, I&#39;m less worried about backlash than I might have been 20 years ago&quot; and advised young women to continue to persevere:&nbsp;&quot;the more women who are out there doing things, the more younger women will have the courage to go on.&quot;&nbsp;

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SCOTUS Ruth Bader Ginsburg shared her sexual harassment story this weekend speaking at the Sundance Film Festival 2018

The US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shocked the world by sharing her own sexual harassment story at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend. Also Read: Golden Globes 2018: Dressed in black, Hollywood stars have a message Ginsburg, present at the festival in Utah, to watch over the premiere of a documentary about her life titled "RBG" -- spoke on a panel about the film, her fight for women's rights while sharing her own struggles as a woman. Founder of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project, Ginsburg praised the efforts of women to start a dialogue of sexual harassment and abuse under #MeToo campaign before adding that “it’s about time.” Also Read: Saturday Night Live: Jessica Chastain brings up 'Time's Up', 'MeToo', Women's March Addressing a crowd during a forum to promote her new documentary, she told NPR legal correspondent and longtime friend Nina Totenberg who was leading the discussion, about an incident that occurred when she was a law student at Cornell University in the early 1950s. She said, "Every woman of my vintage knows what sexual harassment is, although we didn't have a name for it. The attitude to sexual harassment was simply, get past it. Boys will be boys." She went on to give a personal example from her early life: "I am taking a chemistry course at Cornell and my instructor said, because I was uncertain about my ability, he said 'I'll give you a practice exam.' So he gave me a practice exam. The next day, the test is the practice exam, and I knew exactly what he wanted in return. That’s just one of many examples." Also Read: US Sexual assault hotlines flooded after #MeToo campaign Also Read: 'Time's Up': Women in Hollywood join hands to fight against sexual harassment Ginsburg, however, didn't brush off the incident and right after the exam walked up to the instructor and confronted him. She said, “I went to his office and I said, ‘How dare you! How dare you, you. And that was the end of that.” Identified globally as a feminist, the 84-year-old confessed that this wasn't the only time she came face-to-face with sexual harassment and gender inequality. Contributing to the #MeToo campaign, she also narrated how when she began teaching at Rutgers Law School in 1964, she felt she was being treated differently than her male colleagues. Her pay cut was much more than that of a peer who had also graduated at the same time from law school. When she raised the issue to the dean at that time, he responded by saying that he (the male colleague) had a "wife and two children to support" while "you have a husband with a good paying job in New York." Ginsburg spoke strongly about the need to speak up and how effectively this campaign is giving a platform to women who are not in power to talk and open up. She ended her talk with: "Let's see where it goes. So far, it's been great. But when I see women appearing every place, in numbers, I'm less worried about backlash than I might have been 20 years ago" and advised young women to continue to persevere: "the more women who are out there doing things, the more younger women will have the courage to go on."

#MeToo: US Supreme Court Justice says she was sexually harassed

Popular comedian Amy Schumer is the latest to join the list of Hollywood celebrities who have been victims of sexual abuse and assault.&nbsp;

Appearing on US TV host Katie Couric&#39;s podcast on Thursday, Amy revealed that she was &quot;raped as a teenager&quot;&nbsp;-- in her first sexual encounter. She also voiced her concerns around <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/aziz-ansari-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-after-victim-shares-text-messages-29522" target="_blank">Aziz Ansari sexual abuse</a> debate and how what he did was &quot;not acceptable&quot;.&nbsp;

She said:&nbsp;&ldquo;My first sexual experience was not a good one. I didn&rsquo;t think about it until I started reading my journal again. When it happened, I wrote about it almost like a throwaway. It was like, &lsquo;and then I looked down and realised he was inside of me. He was saying, &#39;I&rsquo;m so sorry&#39;, and, &#39;I can&rsquo;t believe I did this&#39;.&rdquo;

Amy had previously disclosed that&nbsp;her first sexual experience was non-consensual when discussing it in her autobiography, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo.

She went on to say that this was not a lone experience in her life and added:&nbsp;&ldquo;There are just so many factors. I had another time with a boyfriend where I was saying: &lsquo;No, stop&rsquo; and it was just completely ignored.&quot;

The comedian also&nbsp;discussed the recent allegations made against Aziz Ansari, saying that although she believes what he was accused of doing wasn&rsquo;t a crime, it wasn&rsquo;t acceptable either.

She said,&nbsp;&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think anyone wants to see Aziz&rsquo;s career ruined or his life ruined or anything like that, but that&rsquo;s where people&rsquo;s minds go.&nbsp;They go: &lsquo;Does he deserve this?&rsquo; And it&rsquo;s really not about that. I think it&rsquo;s about expressing and showing women that that behaviour is not OK and not only can you leave, but you need to leave.&quot;&nbsp;

&ldquo;If you have a doctor that makes you uncomfortable, or you get a massage, or you have a date with someone and they coerce you in a situation like the Aziz one, I don&rsquo;t think there&rsquo;s any sort of criminal charge,&rdquo; she added.

In the podcast, Amy said she sympathised with the woman who alleged that Aziz took advantage of her and pressurised her into performing sexual acts.&nbsp;

Aziz had denied any such allegations and said that he felt &quot;<a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/entertainment-aziz-ansari-responds-to-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-say-he-thought-it-was-completely-consensual-29650" target="_blank">everything was consensual</a>&quot;.&nbsp;

Amy added: &ldquo;I think that it&rsquo;s good for everybody to learn that that behaviour&rsquo;s not acceptable. It&rsquo;s not a crime, but it&rsquo;s not cool. And it can still really mess with a woman. We just can&rsquo;t let things continue the way they&rsquo;ve continued because there are so many different levels of it.&rdquo;

Ever since Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/entertainment-harvey-weinstein-slams-rose-mc-gowans-claim-of-oral-sex-not-consensual-in-book-31294" target="_blank">accused</a> by over 100 women of sexual abuse, rape and harassment, a legal defence&nbsp;fund called<a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/entertainment-times-up-reese-witherspoon-jennifer-anniston-meryl-streep-and-others-join-hands-to-fight-against-sexual-harassment-28305" target="_blank"> Time&#39;s Up</a> has been created by Hollywood women to provide women without power and money to fight predators.&nbsp;

<a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/golden-globes-2018-updates-dressed-in-black-hollywood-stars-have-a-message-28820" target="_blank">Golden Globes was completely black</a> this year with Hollywood men and women coming dressed in Time&#39;s Up pins and standing by<a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/metoo-time-magazine-announces-silence-breakers-as-person-of-the-year-26051" target="_blank"> #MeToo</a> campaign.&nbsp;

Last week, <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/entertainment-grammys-2018-kesha-sings-powerful-song-on-sexual-harassment-with-a-list-singers-as-her-backup-chorus-31038" target="_blank">Grammy 2018</a> also saw big names from the music industry stand in support of the campaign.&nbsp;

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While appearing on a podcast, the comedian said she was raped in her first sexual encounter

Popular comedian Amy Schumer is the latest to join the list of Hollywood celebrities who have been victims of sexual abuse and assault. Appearing on US TV host Katie Couric's podcast on Thursday, Amy revealed that she was "raped as a teenager" -- in her first sexual encounter. She also voiced her concerns around Aziz Ansari sexual abuse debate and how what he did was "not acceptable". She said: “My first sexual experience was not a good one. I didn’t think about it until I started reading my journal again. When it happened, I wrote about it almost like a throwaway. It was like, ‘and then I looked down and realised he was inside of me. He was saying, 'I’m so sorry', and, 'I can’t believe I did this'.” Amy had previously disclosed that her first sexual experience was non-consensual when discussing it in her autobiography, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo. She went on to say that this was not a lone experience in her life and added: “There are just so many factors. I had another time with a boyfriend where I was saying: ‘No, stop’ and it was just completely ignored." The comedian also discussed the recent allegations made against Aziz Ansari, saying that although she believes what he was accused of doing wasn’t a crime, it wasn’t acceptable either. She said, “I don’t think anyone wants to see Aziz’s career ruined or his life ruined or anything like that, but that’s where people’s minds go. They go: ‘Does he deserve this?’ And it’s really not about that. I think it’s about expressing and showing women that that behaviour is not OK and not only can you leave, but you need to leave." “If you have a doctor that makes you uncomfortable, or you get a massage, or you have a date with someone and they coerce you in a situation like the Aziz one, I don’t think there’s any sort of criminal charge,” she added. In the podcast, Amy said she sympathised with the woman who alleged that Aziz took advantage of her and pressurised her into performing sexual acts. Aziz had denied any such allegations and said that he felt "everything was consensual". Amy added: “I think that it’s good for everybody to learn that that behaviour’s not acceptable. It’s not a crime, but it’s not cool. And it can still really mess with a woman. We just can’t let things continue the way they’ve continued because there are so many different levels of it.” Ever since Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was accused by over 100 women of sexual abuse, rape and harassment, a legal defence fund called Time's Up has been created by Hollywood women to provide women without power and money to fight predators. Golden Globes was completely black this year with Hollywood men and women coming dressed in Time's Up pins and standing by #MeToo campaign. Last week, Grammy 2018 also saw big names from the music industry stand in support of the campaign.

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