Love Island'sEkin-Su Cülcüloğluis rising above the hate - and we're here for it!
On Sunday night Ekin-Su took to the floor for her first Dancing On Ice performance, skating to Britney Spears'Toxic. However, shortly after some viewers began trolling her on Twitter, mostly slating her supposed 'skimpy outfit.' They claimed that her sexy performance was too 'inappropriate' for a family show. Ofcom later received 112 complaints about her wardrobe choice.
However, the Love Island star has since defended her outfit choice. She told The Sun, 'You know what? If you have ’em flaunt them. I mean if you’ve got a nice bum and you look sexy in a unitard, why not? Who cares?'
Fans of the reality star have also called out the sexist slut-shaming on Twitter. One fan said, 'What did you want her to wear? A Sunday dress?' Whilst another added, 'The comments on this confirm how misogynistic people are when they have free reigns over a keyboard. Disgusting and outdated prejudice.' Ekin's Love Island co-star Tasha Ghouri also tweeted in support under Grazia's article calling out the issue. 'Had to be said! We love you @ekinsuofficial,' she said.
Love Island's Davide Sanclimenti has also praised his girlfriend's performance on Good Morning Britain. 'I believe that she smashed it,' he said. 'I was not surprised that she can skate as I've been following her training journey but I'm proud that she played the character and did a very good performance. The fact that now she's in the skate-off... she's a bit sad. But she's a strong woman, very determined and knows what she wants. I think this will only push her to be better and better week by week.'
While Ekin-Su has many supporters, the fact that we're still having to condemn slut-shaming is frustrating. Women should be able to wear what they want without being trolled or told to cover up. As women we have historically been vilified for so many different things, whether it's what we say or how we dress. Why? Because controlling what we wear, do or say enables a patriarchal system whereby women are kept subordinate. It's therefore also a shame to see other women joining in the outfit outrage, because we know all too well how prejudice can effect us.
That being said, Ekin-Su's defence of her outfit choice is one to be commended - we should be stamping sexist rhetoric out, not enabling it.
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