On Saturday, August 12th, 2017, Egyptian starlet and former ballerina, Nelly Karim, posted a photo on her Instagram account.
The photo shows the beautiful actress on a beach, wearing a bikini. Despite the very raw, real, natural, and non-provocative way in which Karim was presenting herself in the photo, social media users still had a lot to say about it.
The comment section wars began when some users started to slut-shame Karim for wearing a bikini, and/or for posting a picture in which she was wearing one.
Some of her fans/followers, however, took it upon themselves to defend the starlet, by posting complimentary message, and by defending the actress’ personal freedom.
Karim has posted a picture of herself wearing swimsuits before; last October she posted pictures from what looked like a photo shoot in Egypt’s Ras Sudr, where she was clearly wearing a swimsuit. It seems, however, that what caused the immediate backlash this time was the fact that Karim was showing her entire body in Saturday’s post.
All that being said – even if Karim were deliberately being sexy and seductive, whilst wearing that bikini – it is her own personal choice to wear that swimsuit, to pose in the manner that she pleases, and to post a picture of herself while wearing it. Why does everyone think they are allowed to have an opinion about something as personal as what a woman chooses to wear, to reveal, and/or hide?