‘Will anything change?’: six women react to Saoirse Ronan’s viral comment

Women tell us how they feel about safety after the actor’s remark on using a phone as a weapon went viral

Saoirse Ronan’s comment about women’s safety on The Graham Norton Show has gone viral after she said using a phone as a weapon is something “girls have to think about all the time”. Ronan later said the reaction has been “wild” and that the moment was “opening a conversation”.

Here, six women tell us what they think about the comments and how they feel about women’s safety.

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