This Morning social affairs correspondent and former Made In Chelsea star Ashley James decided to share photos and a video of herself online clad in the lingerie and said it ‘wasn’t for men’. However, she has now shared derogatory comments she’s received after sharing the message
Ashley James has slammed backlash after saying her lingerie photos ‘aren’t for men’(Image: Mike Marsland, Mike Marsland/WireImagevia Getty Images)
British broadcaster, DJ, and social commentator Ashley James is known as a leading feminist voice and author, and the 39-year-old, originally from Northumberland, made a stand this week over backlash against her lingerie pictures. The former Made In Chelsea star decided to share photos and a video of herself online clad in the lingerie and said it ‘wasn’t for men’. However, she has now shared derogatory comments she’s received after sharing the message.
A clip back in March saw the ITV This Morning social affairs correspondent clad in lingerie as she shared her message to women and girls. She wrote: “At what point did we all learn that lingerie was for men… not for ourselves?
“How many times have you put on a beautiful set of lingerie or outfits and been called an attention seeker – or had it assumed you’re doing it for men? The conditioning starts so young.
“What if we were taught that our own opinion of ourselves mattered more than the male gaze? It’s why our bodies are always being judged, sexualised, or turned into a moral statement. So now, I wear lingerie for me.”
However, since the post, mum-of-2 Ashley has received many negative comments. One person wrote online: “Umm, dressing in attractive, sensual attire is never for other women. Let’s not kid ourselves.”
While another person wrote: “Literally attention seeking. No girl wears makeup or nice clothes for other females.”
A third chimed in: “You’re weirdly obsessed with putting your own body on display in your underwear.”
As a fourth simply said: “Put some clothes on.”
Ashley wrote in her latest post about the backlash: “I said lingerie isn’t for men and the comments proved exactly why we need to keep saying it. LOUDLY.
“A few weeks ago I posted a reel about how lingerie isn’t for men, and these are some of the comments I got back. They tell you everything you need to know about how conditioned we still are to believe that a woman’s body only exists in relation to male desire.”
She added: “Every single woman wears lingerie. And yet the moment we dare to show it, suddenly we’re narcissistic, we’re obsessed with ourselves, we need to put some clothes on. Meanwhile men walk around topless in the park, on the beach, in the gym, and nobody writes a single comment about what that says about their character or their morals.
“The double standard isn’t subtle. It’s just so normalised that people have stopped noticing it.”
Ashley added that we have to “do better”, and asked women out there to help protect each other.
The post went viral, racking up more than 10,000 likes. One supporter wrote: “I feel so sad for these people. Genuinely and not passively aggressively either. Thrilled to be standing in the light with you.”
While another added: “I had a bestie at work that would treat herself to nice lingerie all the time and she hadn’t touched a bloke in years out of choice she just liked nice things, some men think everything is about them.”
A third chimed in: “Nailed it! Im hosting a supperclub lingerie lunch event this week where 12 women will come together to drink wine & be nourished by delicious food, all while wearing lingerie. Not a man in sight. How groundbreaking that women choose to express their sensuality in ways irrelevant to men!”
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