I was dress-coded at the gym for my outfit – I left ashamed, they claimed I made other women ‘uncomfortable’
VIRTUALLY every business or institution has instated some form of dress-code for frequenters to abide by.
One woman shared her dress-code violation, which left her feeling unsettled about the situation.
Kerry is a digital content creator, author, and fitness fan.
She refers to herself as “Carrie Bradshaw of TikTok” where she garnered over 127k followers.
She took to the social media platform to share her unfortunate gym encounter.
“I was shamed at the gym for my ‘dress code,'” she titled the video.
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“I struggled with body dysmorphia and feeling comfortable in gyms my entire life,” she prefaced. “And when I found a gym that I felt comfortable in that I really enjoyed it changed my life.”
“Something really disappointing happened to me at the last gym I was going to,” she said.
“They actually said something to me that made me so uncomfortable that I never wanted to go back there again,” she added.
Kerry revealed that the owner of the all-female gym approached her for a quick chat.
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“The conversation got uncomfortable really quickly,” Kerry said. “They said ‘hey we’ve got to have a talk about your dress-code.'”
“I wear leggings and a sports bra every day,” she said. “That’s just what I wear.”
“‘Apparently you’re making a few women uncomfortable with the leggings that you wear,'” Kerry said, quoting the gym owner.
“My initial reaction is confusion and shock,” she said. “And then it was more of like embarrassment. I almost felt like shame even though I shouldn’t.”
Kerry told the owner that she did not feel her outfit was “inappropriate,” to which the owner replied that women in her gym deemed her leggings to be “distracting.”
Kerry revealed that she left the gym, but found a more welcoming environment.
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“Find a new gym that doesn’t have moral police,” a viewer wrote in the comment section. “You look amazing.”
“Oh yeah! I found a new gym that I LOVE,” Kerry replied.
