Sydney tradeswoman Shianne Fox, known online as \u201cThe Bikini Tradie,\u201d went viral after criticizing a workplace double standard: \u201cIt\u2019s a f\u2014ing 40-degree day today and I\u2019m the one who has to wear my shirt, while all the boys on-site don\u2019t have to wear theirs.\u201d She argued that toplessness shouldn\u2019t be seen as \u201cdistracting,\u201d calling it a \u201cnatural thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fox, who often works in a bikini top, claimed, \u201cI have no shame in getting my b\u2013bs out.\u201d While she says she\u2019s promoting gender equality, critics argue that professionalism should outweigh personal comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her views sparked backlash, especially from other women in trades. \u201cShe does not speak for us female tradies,\u201d one said. Another claimed, \u201cShe makes real female tradies look bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Women remain underrepresented in trades. A 2023 Deloitte survey showed a 12:1 male-to-female ratio, raising questions about where the real fight for equality should begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1. Workplace Double Standards Sydney tradeswoman Shianne Fox, known online as \u201cThe Bikini Tradie,\u201d went viral after criticizing a workplace double standard: \u201cIt\u2019s a f\u2014ing 40-degree day today and I\u2019m the one who has to wear my shirt, while all the boys on-site don\u2019t have to wear theirs.\u201d She argued that toplessness shouldn\u2019t be seen…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions\/2562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}