Last week, Sarah Jessica Parker also opened up about her own experiences, explaining that she went to her agent about a particular actor.

“I didn’t feel as powerful as the man who was behaving inappropriately,” she said. “He [the agent] said to them, ‘If this continues, I have sent her a ticket, a one-way ticket out of this city’ — where I was shooting — ‘and she will not be returning.’”

Although some progress is being made in women gaining confidence to speak out against sexism in the workplace, there’s clearly still a long way to go. But shared experiences like McClure and Parker’s continue to help break down the wall.

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Vicky McClure’s comments on being “difficult” are annoyingly relatable