A female tradie has called out the double standards between guys who can work shirtless on worksites during hot days and girls like her who can’t.
Shianne Foxx, who calls herself the Bikini Tradie, slammed her boss for saying it would be a ‘distraction’ for her to work topless on very hot days.
Ms Foxx, who is employed as a landscaper in Sydney, said it was an unfair ‘double standard’ that needed to be addressed in the industry.
She uploaded her thoughts in a short TikTok video on the way home from work.
‘It’s a f***ing 40 degree day today and I’m the one who has to wear my shirt [while] all the boys on the site don’t have to wear theirs,’ Ms Foxx said.
‘It’s a double standard, it’s sexist and I’m actually really over it.
‘I just want to be topless like the boys but no, I will “distract them”.’
Her take on the workplace stirred up mixed emotions from her followers with some taking her side while others were more wary.
Ms Foxx failed to see the big deal however since so many of her colleagues work topless when the heat gets too unbearable.
‘I thought it was only fair if I could get mine off too. I have no shame in getting my boobs out,’ she told news.com.au.
‘I don’t think it should be “distracting” because at the end of the day they’re just a natural thing.
‘At the end of the day, we all have breasts. It’s just a natural thing. If you’re going to be childish and feel like they’re going to be distracting, then you should just grow up.’
Most of the comments on the video showed support for Ms Foxx and many people told her to take it up with the boss.
‘It ain’t the lads you work with that would be complaining, direct the hate towards those running the show,’ one person wrote.
‘Sure there’d be comments and looks for a week or so but then it really wouldn’t matter.’
A few others however feared that workplace injuries would go ‘through the roof’ if too many of her co-workers got distracted in that first week should the rules change.
