She Showed Up To The Pool In A Pink Swimsuit That Had Them Kicking Her Out Immediately…

A Tennessee woman, Tori Jenkins, was ordered out of the swimming pool at her Knoxville apartment complex because the manager reportedly thought her swimsuit was too provocative and her “curvy” body in the suit could overly “excite teenage boys.”

Jenkins was wearing a one-piece pink swimsuit. She staunchly objects to the swimsuit being dubbed a thong due to the way it looks from behind. Photos of the Tennessee woman in the swimsuit deemed “inappropriate” by the apartment manager, have now gone viral.

Tyler Newman, Jenkins’ boyfriend, posted photos of the Knoxville woman wearing the swimsuit to social media shortly after she was kicked out of the Smoking Cross Apartments pool. Newman said his girlfriend was completely “humiliated” by being kicked out of the pool.

The rules posted at the pool stated “duly appropriate attire must be worn at all times. No cut offs.”

“She tried to convince me a few times to let her take pictures of my butt to show how ‘inappropriate’ it was,” Jenkins told BuzzFeed News. “[She] told me that if I didn’t have kids I wouldn’t understand how it wasn’t right to be out in public in that, and that she wouldn’t want her own kids around me.”

And as if that wasn’t bad enough Jenkins’ claimed the consultant said her bathing suit would excite many of the teenage boys who lived in the complex.

The couple went to the complex’s leasing office to speak in private in hopes of resolving the “really violating and degrading” situation, but they were met with a similar reaction.

“Today, my fiancée was told that she is less important than how men feel around her,” Newman wrote about the incident. “I think she’s the most beautiful woman in the world, but I also respect her. I would never make her or any other woman feel less than what she’s worth because of her outfit or her looks.”

Following the body-shaming incident, the apartment complex released a statement:

“Smoky Crossing is a welcoming family community. Multiple residents within our community complained and expressed concerns regarding Ms. Jenks’ swimwear. In accordance with our pool policies, which are posted near the swimming area, one of our leasing consultants requested Ms. Jenks wrap a towel around herself when she was walking around the pool. Ms. Jenkins was never asked to leave the pool. In addition, our leasing agent did not state that Ms. Jenkins swimwear would ‘excite teenage boys.’ Ms. Jenkins and Mr. Newman are valued members of our community. However, we feel it is inappropriate to equate requesting Ms. Jenkins to cover up with sexual harassment or ‘rape culture.’ Smoky Crossing denounces harassment in all forms.”

Jenkins disagreed with how the complex’s spokesperson worded their statement:

“I was point-blank told that my comfortability at a pool that I paid to use was less important than a teenage boy being able to control himself,” she told BuzzFeed News. “It perpetuates the idea that how a man feels around a woman is more important than how a woman feels around herself.”

Sadly Tori Jenkins’ is not unique. Women are body shamed and criticized for wearing clothes that others feel the need to deem inappropriate for them.

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Sources: AWM, InsideEdition, BuzzFeed News