Jane Fonda got candid about her childhood in a new interview.

The 79-year-old actress revealed that she was raped as a child while speaking to fellow actress Brie Larson for The EDIT magazine.

"To show you the extent to which a patriarchy takes a toll on females; I've been raped, I've been sexually abused as a child and I've been fired because I wouldn't sleep with my boss and I always thought it was my fault; that I didn't do or say the right thing," said the Hollywood legend.

The "Frankie and Grace" star went on, disclosing the harsh reality of sexual abuse in society.

"I know young girls who've been raped and didn't even know it was rape. They think, 'It must have been because I said 'no' the wrong way,'" Fonda said. "One of the great things the women's movement has done is to make us realize that [rape and abuse is] not our fault. We were violated and it's not right."

29 PHOTOS Jane Fonda See Gallery Jane Fonda A scene of 'Sunday in New York', with Cliff Robertson comforting Jane Fonda, his sister in the film. New York, 1963. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) The US actors Rod Taylor and Jane Fonda are sat close, at the races, in a scene of the film 'Sunday in New York'. New York, 1963. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) Actor Henry Fonda (centre) with his children, actors Jane and Peter, attending a tribute to Henry by the American Film Institute, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, California, circa 1975. (Photo by Frank Edwards/Archive Photos/Getty Images) A scene of the film 'Sunday in New York', with Cliff Robertson introducing Jane Fonda (on the right) to Jo Morrow (on the left), who are his sister and his girlfriend respectively in the film. New York, 1963. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: Jane Fonda attends The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the STAPLES Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dan MacMedan/WireImage) LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 07: Jane Fonda attends the Pre-GRAMMY Gala And Salute To Industry Icons Honoring Martin Bandier at The Beverly Hilton on February 7, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) MILAN, ITALY - JANUARY 18: Jane Fonda attends 'Che Tempo Che Fa' TV Show on January 18, 2015 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Stefania D'Alessandro/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 11: 72nd ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS -- Pictured: Actress Jane Fonda arrives to the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2015. (Photo by: Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank) WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 7: Singer Al Green; actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks; ballerina Patricia McBride; singer-songwriter Sting; and comedienne Lily Tomlin will receive honors for 2014 on THE 37TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 30 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured L-R: Jane Lynch, Reba McEntire, Jane Fonda, and Kate McKinnon (Photo by Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 7: Singer Al Green; actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks; ballerina Patricia McBride; singer-songwriter Sting; and comedienne Lily Tomlin will receive honors for 2014 on THE 37TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 30 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured: Jane Fonda (Photo by Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS via Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 07: Jane Fonda, Jane Lynch and Reba McEntire attend the 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on December 7, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 05: Actress Jane Fonda attends the Captain Planet Foundation Gala at Intercontinental Buckhead on December 5, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Moses Robinson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: Jane Fonda attends the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner at the U.S. Department of State on December 6, 2014 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images) HOLLYWOOD, CA - SEPTEMBER 15: Actress Jane Fonda arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' 'This Is Where I Leave You' at TCL Chinese Theatre on September 15, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) HOLLYWOOD, CA - SEPTEMBER 15: Actress Jane Fonda arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of 'This Is Where I Leave You' at TCL Chinese Theatre on September 15, 2014 in Hollywood, California. 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(Photo by Aaron Harris/WireImage) TORONTO, CANADA - SEPTEMBER 08: Jane Fonda attends the Guess Portrait Studio during 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2014 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Aaron Harris/WireImage) HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 27: Jane Fonda and Viva Vadim attend actress Jane Fonda's Handprint/Footprint Ceremony during the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 27, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by JB Lacroix/WireImage) CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 16: (USA SALES ONLY) (L-R) Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, Jude Law and Jane Fonda attend the Diamonds Are Girls Best Friend event during the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival held at Hotel Martinez on May 16, 2011 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Eric Ryan/Getty Images) BOMBAY, INDIA: US actress Jane Fonda (C) gestures along side playwright, Eve Ensler (L) and Dr. Armida Fernandez (R) as they talk to the press at the Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action (SNEHA) for Women and Children in Bombay, 09 March 2004. Fonda and Ensler along with other celebrities who are in town to perform in a Poor-Box production of the provocative play 'Vagina Monologues', did a tour of a part of the SNEHA Mecial Centre to lend support to the great work being done there. AFP PHOTO/Rob ELLIOTT (Photo credit should read ROB ELLIOTT/AFP/Getty Images) Jane Fonda during Children's Aid Celebrates 20 Years of Teen Pregnancy Prevention at Harvard Club of New York in New York City, New York, United States. 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The mother-of-two and the star of the "Room" also shared their frustrations of being an actress in Hollywood.

"I've learned the only power I have in my career is the word no," Larson declared. "I couldn't choose the jobs I got, but I could say no to jobs that weren't right for me."

Jane, who rose to fame decades before Larson's career began, contrasted the statement, revealing it took her "60 years to learn to say no."

She continued: "If anyone offered me anything I would say yes. I took parts I wasn't right for and I was taken advantage of."

But after years in the business, she's learned to stand up for herself -- and the mother-of-three regrets she hadn't done so sooner.

"Now, I would say, 'No. This is a piece of s--t. I don't like the way you're treating me,' and leave. If only I had known then what I do now."

The two also discussed the pressures of keeping up their appearances as women in the industry.

31 PHOTOS Jane Fonda and Richard Perry See Gallery Jane Fonda and Richard Perry Actress Jane Fonda (L) and Music Producer Richard Perry (R) attend the Pasadena Playhouse Gala at The Pasadena Playhouse on April 30, 2016 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic) Actress Jane Fonda and Richard Perry arrive at the 2016 Carousel Of Hope Ball at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 8, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) Actress Jane Fonda (R) and Music Producer Richard Perry (L) attend the Pasadena Playhouse Gala at The Pasadena Playhouse on April 30, 2016 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic) Actress Jane Fonda (R) and Richard Perry attend UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability celebration of the Champions Of Our Planet's Future on March 24, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) Actress Jane Fonda, record producer Richard Perry, actor Sylvester Stallone, and model Jennifer Flavin attend the 2016 Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute to Industry Icons honoring Irving Azoff at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 14, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage) Record producer Richard Perry, actress Jane Fonda, actress Rosanna Arquette and Todd Morgan attend the 2016 Los Angeles Dinner: What You Do Matters presented by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 2, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/WireImage) Record producer Richard Perry (L) and actress Jane Fonda attend the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 22, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/VF15/Getty Images) Actress Jane Fonda (L) and producer Richard Perry attend The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the STAPLES Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/WireImage) Record Producer Richard Perry (L) and Jane Fonda attend the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards cocktail party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Moet & Chandon) Simone Garity, actor Troy Garity, honoree Jane Fonda and record producer Richard Perry attend the 2014 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jane Fonda at the Dolby Theatre on June 5, 2014 in Hollywood, California. Tribute show airing Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT on TNT. (Photo by Michael Buckner/WireImage) Actress Jane Fonda (L) and record producer Richard Perry (C) attend the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Viewing Dinner hosted by Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 22, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/VF15/WireImage) Actress Jane Fonda (L) and producer Richard Perry attend the 22nd Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscar Viewing Party on March 2, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images for EJAF) Honoree Richard Perry (L) and actress Jane Fonda attend The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Special Merit Awards Ceremony on February 7, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/WireImage) Producer Richard Perry, Sir Elton John and actress Jane Fonda attend the 22nd Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party at The City of West Hollywood Park on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for EJAF) Producer Richard Perry, actress Jane Fonda, Sony Music Chief Creative Officer Clive Davis, singer/actress Jennifer Hudson, honoree Lucian Grainge, and Recording Academy President/CEO Neil Portnow attend the 56th annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute to Industry Icons honoring Lucian Grainge at The Beverly Hilton on January 25, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) Producer Richard Perry and actress Jane Fonda arrive at the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 21, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage) Actress Jane Fonda (L) and producer Richard Perry attend the Pattie Boyd: Newly Discovered Photo Exhibition at Morrison Hotel Gallery on June 28, 2013 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rodrigo Vaz/FilmMagic) Jane Fonda and Richard Perry are seen at Los Angeles International Airport on June 08, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by GVK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Producer Richard Perry and Actress Jane Fonda attend the SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK Event Hosted By Lexus And Purity Vodka at Chateau Marmont on December 7, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Vespa/Getty Images for Weinstein) Actress Jane Fonda and music producer Richard Perry arrive at the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Sunset Tower on February 26, 2012 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) Richard Perry and Jane Fonda arrive at the 'Sleeping Beauty' premiere during the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 12, 2011 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images) Jane Fonda and Richard Perry attend amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS Gala during the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Hotel Du Cap on May 19, 2011 in Antibes, France. (Photo by George Pimentel/FilmMagic) Producer Richard Perry and actress Jane Fonda arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party hosted by Graydon Carter held at Sunset Tower on February 27, 2011 in West Hollywood, California. (George Pimentel via Getty Images) (L-R) Parky DeVogelaere, Peter Fonda, Jane Fonda and Richard Perry attend Audi & Weinstein Company Party Sponsored By Godiva Chocolate Vodka at Chateau Marmont on February 7, 2011 in West Hollywood, California. (Jeff Vespa via Getty Images) JANE FONDA and RICHARD PERRY AT MADEO. (Photo by Philip Ramey/Corbis via Getty Images) Music producer Richard Perry and actress Jane Fonda attend the 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at the Sunset Tower Hotel on March 7, 2010 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jeff Vespa/VF1/WireImage) Producer Richard Perry and actress Jane Fonda arrive at the 32nd Anniversary Carousel Of Hope Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 23, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Jane Fonda and Richard Perry arrive at the premiere of 'Precious' October 3, 2009 at Lincoln Center in New York City. (Photo by Arnaldo Magnani/Getty Images) Artist Richard Perry and actor Jane Fonda arrive to the Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills, California U.S. October 8, 2016. (REUTERS/David McNew) Actress Jane Fonda and her boyfriend, record producer Richard Perry (L), pose with Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner at the Society of Singers annual dinner in Beverly Hills, California September 19, 2011. (REUTERS/Fred Prouser) Music producer Richard Perry and actress Jane Fonda arrive at the Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills, California October 23, 2010. The ball benefits The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes. 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"'If someone had asked me back when I started, 'What are you wearing?' I'd have thought they were crazy. Julie Christie made her own goddam dress when she won an Oscar for 'Darling,'" Fonda declared. "I grew up in the '50s and it took me a long time to apply feminism to my life. The men in my life were wonderful, but victims of a [patriarchal] belief system. I felt diminished."

Jane then later revealed the turning point in her career.

"Eventually I decided I wasn't going to give up who I was in order to please the man I was with," she added. "I became an embodied feminist when I was single and saw Eve Ensler perform The Vagina Monologues. While I was laughing, my feminism carried from my head into my DNA. It took a long time, though, because I was brought up with the disease to please."

At one point the, who said she didn't fully become an activist until she was 31, thought about leaving her Hollywood life behind.

"When I found out what was really happening in Vietnam I didn't care if I ever worked again; I considered leaving the business to become a full-time activist."

Since then, Fonda has become actively involved in controversial issues such as the Iraq War, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and global warming, to name a few.

The Hollywood icon has three grown-up children, Mary Luana Williams, 49, Vanessa Vadim, 48, and Troy Garity, 43. She is currently dating Richard Perry for eight years after three divorces.

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