One of the most worrying aspects about sexual harassment is that, because it’s so widespread and insidious, many people can become habituated to it.

This is collectively recognised in social media campaigns such as Everyday Sexism and the #metoo hashtag, which give men and women a place to share the daily stories of harassment that would usually go untold.

In the wake of a sexual assault scandal that has seen a stream of allegations surface against Harvey Weinstein and other men in positions of power, Natalie Portman has described her disturbing realisation of just how accustomed she has become to everyday harassment.

During a discussion at the Vulture Festival in Los Angeles last week, the Oscar-winning actor commented on how she’s felt watching the allegations mount against Weinstein. At last count, the Hollywood producer has been accused by 57 women for crimes such as sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape (the latter two claims he denies).

According to Vulture, Portman explained that initially she thought she was one of the “lucky” ones, having never experienced what she would deem as threatening sexual behaviour since starting her acting career.

“When I heard everything coming out, I was like, wow, I’m so lucky that I haven’t had this,” Portman began.

“And then, on reflection, I was like, okay, definitely never been assaulted, definitely not, but I’ve had discrimination or harassment on almost everything I’ve ever worked on in some way,” she said.

“I went from thinking I don’t have a story to thinking, oh wait, I have 100 stories. And I think a lot of people are having these reckonings with themselves, of things that we just took for granted as like, this is part of the process.”

Natalie Portman says she took Hollywood harassment "for granted"