A few weeks ago, 22-year-old Bina Ramesh was celebrating her birthday in what should have been a fun-filled, relaxed afternoon at Six Flags (located in Jackson, NJ). But instead of fun, she was served a major dose of sexism. Why? Because the security team didn’t like her t-shirt.
Luckily, a friend was willing to swap shirts with her. Of course they didn’t mind the shirt on his body, but on hers, it was inappropriate. Cue major eye roll.
When Ramesh posted about the awful incident (I mean seriously, it was her BIRTHDAY) to Facebook, people immediately rallied around her. The post has over 300 “likes” and 88 shares to date. What happened was *so* obviously messed up. “I’m so glad that people felt as angry as my friends are I about the situation,” she said. “But this double standard needs to change.” We couldn’t agree more. It’s bad enough that dress codes prove time and time again that no matter how young we are, women’s bodies are viewed as sexual objects. Talk about a major step backwards. Shout out to Bina Ramesh for refusing to stand down in the face of sexism. We’re with you, Bina.