Female MP Forced To Deny She Is 'A Slapper' Over Off Shoulder Dress
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It's the year 2020 and us women are being recognised for all the amazing things we're doing in the world, from our politics to our creativity and all the general badassery that falls in-between.
Yet that doesn't stop people concentrating on - and judging us for - what we're wearing, and what we look like. *Sigh.*
One woman who is currently dealing with her own bout of every day sexism is Labour MP Tracy Brabin, who has been forced to deny she's a "slag" and a "tart" for wearing a one-shoulder dress in the House of Commons.
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The 58-year-old wore the black shoulder-baring Asos dress to speak in parliament on Monday, and has been fielding abusive comments online about the outfit ever since.
One Twitter user asked: "Is this really appropriate attire for parliament?", while others spewed vitriol about the politician's dress choice.
Is this really appropriate attire for parliament? @TracyBrabin #DressStandards pic.twitter.com/9BtMs2AWxt
- Lawrence Dovey (@LawrenceDovey) February 3, 2020
WTF is Tracey Brabin wearing in the @HouseofCommons? Has she no respect for the institution or her position?
- Joshua Turner!♂:flag_gb: (@TheJoshuaTurner) February 3, 2020
Hello. Sorry I don't have time to reply to all of you commenting on this but I can confirm I'm not....
A slag
Hungover
A tart
About to breastfeed
A slapper
Drunk
Just been banged over a wheelie bin.
Who knew people could get so emotional over a shoulder... https://t.co/sTWWiEY2TF
- Tracy Brabin MP :rose: (@TracyBrabin) February 4, 2020
Tracy responded by tweeting: "Sorry I don't have time to reply to all of you commenting on this but I can confirm I'm not....
"A slag, Hungover, A tart, About to breastfeed, A slapper, Drunk, Just been banged over a wheelie bin. Who knew people could get so emotional over a shoulder..."
The MP and former Coronation Street star decided to go one further and make an appearance on BBC Breakfast to speak about the hate she's received.
Tracy, who was wearing a necklace with the Suffragette's slogan 'Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere, said: "I was startled by the vitriolic nature of (the messages) but it's part of the territory as a politician.
"I am in a privileged position that I can brush this off but I feel it's my responsibility to call it out for those women that don't have that amplification.
"Because there are women around the world putting up with this day in day out."
She added: "'Twas ever thus. Women are judged continually by how they look... it is unacceptable that we are raising our daughters to be looking inwards rather than outwards."
Speaking about her faceless critics, she said: "They are anonymous people often, keyboard warriors sat in their mum's back bedroom eating Pot Noodles and having a pop at people they don't know anything about."
Nicely put, Tracey.