In an ideal world, "The Big Bang Theory" star Mayim Bialik says women will face no threat against sexual violence and assault, and they will feel free walking down the street without being objectified as sex objects.
However, the Jewish neuroscientist knows that this is far from reality. When her own mother was a young woman living in New York, Bialik says it was common for her to be "felt up" by a man on the subway during rush hour. She knows this kind of predatory attitude is a threat faced by women in all parts of the world, and Bialik notes that some even have it worse.
"There have been recent discussions in feminist circles about how to protect women in these countries from sexual assault and violence. The most logical way is by making these men stop. Unfortunately, we don't have an easy way or time-sensitive way to do that. There are men who believe that it is their right to assault women. And in many countries, this belief has been reinforced for thousands of years," she says in her blog post in Grok Nation.
And when sexual assaults against women become a daily occurrence in life, Bialik says women are viewed as mere objects and not people. It can even lead to far worse things—such as murder. Bialik says in Germany (and even in America), honour killings have actually taken place. This is an act where fathers kill their own daughters for the slightest of reason –like being too modern or Western.
"I want to protect girls and women. Because so many other people do not protect them. Because I don't want them to be hurt," the actress says.
Sadly, Bialik recognises that "in this kind of a world," women will never truly be safe because "men see women as sexual objects; as a piece of (expletive) to torture with cat-calls until they cry; an object to possess or to touch because they want to, regardless of her consent; or to pressure her relentlessly until she stops protesting and men take what they want."
