Nathalie Emmanuel has reflected on her own personal experiences with ‘predatory behaviour from men’.
The Game of Thrones star, 32, candidly revealed how she was ’10 or 11 the first time she was flashed by an adult man’ and has had her ‘a**s grabbed countless’ times.
Her powerful Twitter thread comes just a day after a police officer was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Sarah Everard and human remains found in Kent.
Honest: Nathalie Emmanuel has reflected on her own personal experiences with ‘predatory behaviour from men’ in a powerful Twitter thread
Nathalie penned: ‘I can think of so many incidents of predatory behaviour from men throughout my life…. age 10 or 11… I think that was the first time I was flashed by an adult man.
‘I was visiting my grandparents in St Lucia when I was 14 an adult man was harassing me and even after my mum intervened and removed me from the situation he continued to hover and follow…. it was only the presence of my Grandad and his farming machete that made him stop.
‘The countless times of having my a**e grabbed or a hand up my skirt. When I was like 21, two young teenage boys put their hands up my skirt… it was only when my boyfriend at the time found them and reprimanded them that they stopped finding it funny. I was humiliated.
‘Being followed is a pretty regular occurrence… whether it is on foot or by men in cars… I’ve had to run into shops so I can feel safe and stifle a panic attack.’
Candid: The Game of Thrones star, 32, revealed how she was ’10 or 11 the first time she was flashed by an adult man’ and has had her ‘a**s grabbed countless’ times (pictured on GoT)
Nathalie, who plays Missandei in Game of Thrones, continued her thread explaining how she also faced ‘predatory behaviour’ after becoming famous.
She revealed: ‘When I became an actress I had a man online for ages sending videos of himself ejaculating onto images of me. It didn’t matter how much I blocked and reported it…. he just started a new profile and continued.
‘The predatory behaviour of men is devastating women and it’s something that is learned young. Women can’t keep screaming about it… there has to come a point where men check themselves and other men and boys for their behaviour. We are tired.
Powerful: Nathalie shared a lengthy thread revealing her own experiences and telling followers that ‘it’s time to pull up the weeds’ of the ‘deeply rooted’ misogyny and sexism in society
‘People will say “cat calling or following woman isn’t the same as rape and murder”…. but there is something that applies to all these situations…. A man prioritising his own desires/proclivities over the safety, peace, dignity and well being of a woman.
‘There is an entitlement over women that has been taught because of how sexism and misogyny is so deeply rooted into our society…
‘Yes these acts are not as violent/fatal…. but in my opinion it stems from the same seed. And it’s time to pull up the weeds.
‘The “nOT aLL mEn lot” can not @ me… Thanks. Because my block button finger is warmed up and ready…. This week has been and continues to be a lot.
‘Rest in Peace Sarah… and every woman who’s life and voice was stolen.’
Sarah vanished ‘into thin air’ after leaving friend’s home in Clapham at around 9pm on March 3. She left out of her friend’s back gate and spoke to her boyfriend on the phone for 15 minutes.
A week later, Met police officer Wayne Couzens was arrested in Kent on suspicion of kidnap. A 39-year-old woman at the same address was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
And on Wednesday the Met Police confirmed the arrested man is an officer in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command.
They also disclosed he has now been re-arrested on suspicion of the murder of Sarah and the indecent exposure of a second woman. However they refused to say when or where the alleged indecent exposure took place.
Tragic: Sarah Everard went missing on March 3 after leaving friend’s home in Clapham, London, at around 9pm
Later that same evening Dame Cressida Dick confirmed human remains had been found in woodland in Ashford, Kent in the search for Sarah. She was unable to confirm whether the remains belonged to the missing woman.
Since Sarah’s disappearance and news of Couzens’ arrest fury has been ignited over the issues of female safety with hundreds of women openly discussing the fear they have felt when alone in public day or night.
Reclaim These Streets marches, designed to show that women should feel safe no matter the time of day, are now being organised.
On Thursday Couzens, 48, was found unconscious in Wandsworth police station, he was rushed to hospital under armed guard after being given first aid before being returned to the station after treatment.
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Timeline: MailOnline has pieced together Sarah’s final movements as it was claimed that Couzens was working at the US Embassy on the day she vanished