A British woman has denounced a supermarket as "sexist" after she took to Twitter to allege that she was told her shorts were "too short".
Lauren O'Conner was shopping in Sainsbury's on Wednesday, as the UK was experiencing a heatwave, with temperatures peaking at 34 degrees celsius for the sixth day in a row.
However, her outfit - a pair of pink cotton shorts and a baggy striped T-shirt - was reportedly considered to be inappropriate inside of the store.
Lauren took to Twitter to reveal that she was approached by a staff member and told to "pull my T-shirt down."
"I’m so angry right now. Just been approached by a @sainsburys staff member in Staines store to ‘pull my t shirt down’. An elderly man made comment to staff member who felt compelled to come over and tell me as I was shopping. It’s 32 degrees. If I want to wear shorts I will," she wrote in her first tweet.
"For reference, this is my outfit. All I wanted was ice lollies. N I get shamed in store doing so. So disappointed. When are we going to stop telling women how to dress? Especially when topless men frequent supermarkets, which I highly doubt are told to change [sic]," she continued, sharing a picture of the apparently offensive outfit.
Lauren went onto say that she was "disappointed" and asked when society was going to "stop telling women how to dress?"
"Especially when topless men frequent supermarkets, which I highly doubt are told to change," she continued, adding that she was "so tired of having to defend my existence and love of booty shorts."
Lauren's followers were quick to slam the supermarket's response to her outfit. "The woman is wearing shorts. It's a heatwave. Does a bit of leg threaten you that much?" wrote one Twitter user, and another corroborated: "Telling women how to dress is sexist, if you liked those shorts and felt comfortable in them then you should be able to wear them without being shamed."
