Statement from Kalben regarding women who 'expose harassment'

As the harassment disclosures that have shaken social media in recent days and involved many famous names from the art community continue to dominate the agenda, the famous singer Kalben shared a post in which she spoke about her own experiences.

Kalben used the following expressions:

"In recent days, so much information has been pouring in on me about the same subject, about different people; I am reading about experiences similar to my own, and I am trying to make sense of experiences that I could not make sense of before. Thinking, 'Oh, this one was like that too.'

I feel very tired, mentally, physically, and I am trying to express this emotionally. I get angry, I get very angry. Then I say to myself, now you are going to say something in anger, you are going to do something in anger, and you will be that woman who gets angry. In a system that does everything to make you angry, when you do get angry, you will be the one in the wrong. A system that sets criminals free will never set you free.

People who can name the people who harm them are displaying such a powerful behavior that I still cannot do it. Just a moment ago, while I was with someone I value, I saw a person who had behaved by crossing my boundaries, leaving me with a sense of discomfort and disgust. Should I go and tell them this? I don't know what kind of answer I will get from them. I feel very locked up. I don't know, I still don't know, for example. That is why, please let us listen to the people who can achieve such a difficult thing, let us hear them out. Let us take a look at the names they mention. Let us look at the names first, I think we can do this. We can listen to women first, we can do this at least once."

News Source: 12punto