A pregnant woman in South Carolina was given an ultimatum by her gym: cover up or leave. According to an article in GMA, she opted for the latter.
Melissa Mantor was 19 weeks pregnant when she attended Planet Fitness to work out in her usual tank top—the one she wore, in fact, the day she joined the gym. Except this time she was confronted about her attire, because her "belly was hanging out."
Staff urged her to change into the oversized black T-shirt provided or face revocation of her membership.
Following the confrontation, Mantor wrote to the gym, expecting an apology.
The gym, however, maintains that Mantor was in violation of its dress code, which clearly prohibits exposed midriffs.
"I don't understand how they can claim to be a 'no-judgement' gym and then pick and choose who to judge," said Mantor.
Needless to say, she hasn't been back to the gym.
Was Mantor discriminated against or simply called out on a matter of dress code?
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