According to Alba, one of the biggest problems exposed by the #MeToo movement is the lack of support between female actors. The solution, she says, is mentoring – and she wishes more women would reach out to their younger peers.

“No-one gave me a handout. No-one gave me an opportunity,” she explains. “I had to fight for it, but it would be nice if I had some people who helped me along the way and I didn’t have to fall on my face so much, and it would’ve been also nice to have more women mentor me and help me along the way.”

As a mother of two daughters, though, Alba has been given the opportunity to practice what she preaches at home. Indeed, she has taken it upon herself to instill her children with the confidence they need to trust their own instincts – and say no when they find themselves feeling uncomfortable in a situation at work.

“It’s important for me to talk to my girls about them knowing you have control over your body and over situations you want to put yourself in, and there’s warning signs and there’s that feeling in your stomach and you have to listen to that feeling, because usually you get that feeling before anything ever happens, but it’s probably going to be different talking to my son about that stuff.”

Alba’s comments show just how widespread the deeply ingrained issued of discrimination against women, particularly in this industry, are. But as always, the more we speak out and shine a light on the treatment of women at work, the closer we get to eradicating it.

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How the #MeToo movement has influenced Jessica Alba's raising of her daughters