OPINION: Body of evidence shows women targeted again by sexism

Bigger girls should not need the ‘Fatkini Movement’ to embolden them to proudly don bikinis, but sexism insists that they cover up, says Suzanne Harrington

SO the summer is over and the bikini is back in its box for another year. That is, providing you are a socially acceptable size to wear one.

Fat women would never dare wear bikinis, would they? Of course not. Larger ladies have their own ranges of swim- and beachwear, feats of structural engineering with mysterious, added stuff like ‘secret panels,’ ‘extra control,’ and ‘tummy flattening,’ as though an extra layer of industrial-grade elastine could make it all stop wobbling. For the even larger lady, there is the suggested option of avoiding the pool/beach entirely. Just stay indoors, love.