Meera Syal alleges widespread sexual assault among friends in the 1960s–70s

What was said

"As you exactly said , 90% of our friends from the 60s and 70s experienced sexual assault once or multiple times. yes. That was an era where sexual harassment was rampant."

Dame Meera Syal alleges many of her women friends from the 1960s and 1970s experienced sexual assault, often without speaking about it at the time. She says she included a brief account of sexual violence in her memoir after friends privately disclosed similar experiences.