A female warehouse worker said she was sexually harassed by a male colleague for wearing leggings – and when she wore baggy sweatpants, she was told by the same man that she ‘looked like s**t.’
Fena Reti (23), revealed to us that a male colleague made her feel “extremely uncomfortable” for wearing leggings. She decided that she would wear something more suited to her male coworkers the next day. However, apparently the man didn’t like her new attire.
Fena is a Greek-born woman who lives and works in London.
A female worker said she was sexually harassed by a male colleague for wearing leggings – and when she wore baggy sweatpants, she was told by the same man that she ‘looked like s**t’
Fena Reti, 23, who works at a warehouse, explained that one of her male coworkers made her feel ‘extremely uncomfortable’ when she wore black leggings, white socks, and a fleece shirt
She wore grey, baggy sweat pans, a white hoodie and a gray baseball cap the following day. However, the man teased her for wearing this new outfit.
“A new coworker made me extremely uncomfortable about wearing leggings,” she said. “So today, I dressed as I normally do in order to feel secure from the male gaze,” she said. She then got up and displayed her outfit to the camera.
A grey and baggy sweatshirt, white hoodie, and baseball cap were her outfit.
She continued, ‘When he saw me he stopped me and said: “Can I just say that, no matter how pretty you are, you look like s*** today.”‘
Numerous people shared their stories and left supportive comments. One woman stated that she is also a warehouse worker, and gets comments about her clothes every day.
“Warehouse worker” here. To avoid being called a man, I have literally transformed my wardrobe. [making]Comment EVERY. SINGLE. SINGLE.
Speak up! This woman, based in the UK, shared her story via TikTok and quickly became viral. It has received more than 900,000.00 views and 221,000 likes since its posting last week.
Stories shared: Numerous people left supportive comments and even shared their own stories in the comments section
One woman said that she used to work in warehouses and was so worried about what might happen, she had to change all her clothes.
Fena responded after being accused by another person of making up the story and produced another video. She showed screenshots of her talking about what happened in a text conversation with a friend
TikTok users added: “[I had just turned]My first job in my 20s was as a warehouse worker. Even in summer, I learned quickly that it was not safe to wear leggings or T-shirts.
‘The comments were horrendous and many times came from men nearly three times my age. They would tear up my appearance piece by piece if they weren’t trying to “flirt” with me.
“I was in Recovery for An [eating disorder]They would tell me how horrible I looked due to my low body weight after I refused to eat with them.
Fena was accused of creating the whole thing by one viewer. Fena responded and created another video.
“People suggested that I report it.” As she shared screenshots from her discussing what had happened via text messaging with a friend, she suggested that the comment may help victims see just how easy it is to believe them.
One final video was where she addressed a man who had asked, “Who the heck wears leggings at work?” So that men won’t be attracted to her, she said that she wears clothes that look like a boy for work.
“This really makes me furious. This comment made me so mad that I tried to replicate the clothing I was sexually harassed at work. This outfit screams seductive to me. You think this is sexy? She asked.
The black leggings she wore were paired with white knee-high socks and a fleece top.
“People suggested that I report it.” The caption explains that this comment could help victims see the ease with which they are believed.
Fena further explained in one last video how she dresses up as a boy so that her work attire doesn’t make her seem attractive to men.
She said, “I don’t understand why my clothes must dictate how they treat me.” What makes me feel like I must dress like a boy to get you to stop treating me like a toy you can play with?
He added that he walks around as a boy to make men forget I am a girl. To keep men from being attracted to my, I walk as if I were a 10 year old boy. I tried my best to make myself as unattractive and attractive as possible.
“You are going to tell my that it is inappropriate for work?” This is unacceptable! Every day, I lift boxes. I can sweat like a pig.
All men are allowed to wear shorts. We have guys with their f****** butt crack out and nobody cares.
I don’t get why they have to treat me the same way as my clothes. You don’t have to treat me as a doll that can be played with, so I dress like a man, behave like a guy, and talk like one.
‘When the man told me I looked like s*** today I didn’t say anything. “I just walked out sad like a small boy.” You think that I’m the problem in this situation?
Then she said, “I’m sorry I’m so sexually provocative.” Although I wasn’t trying to provoke you at work, you sexually harassed and abused me at work. “Who is more insecure?”