I’m the sexiest mum at the school gates, my body’s too good to hide – they say I’m inappropriate but they’re jealous
ARRIVING at the school gates with her son, Jenna Rodgers feels all eyes turn to focus on her.
As she says her goodbyes to six-year-old Noah, Jenna is aware of a quiet hum of of chatter among fellow mums, knowing full well she’s the topic of conversation – and not in a good way.
Speaking exclusively to Fabulous, Jenna explains: “I’m constantly shamed for what I wear on the school run.
“Mums tell me my crop tops and tight leggings and work out clothing are too revealing and unacceptable and get told to cover up.
“I found out that screenshots of my Instagram page were floating around on the mums’ WhatsApp groups, slagging me off for dressing too ‘sexily.’”
Proud mum
According to mum-of-one Jenna her offending outfits are simply what she would wear to the gym and doesn’t see the issue.
“Just because I work out and look good in my gym kit doesn’t mean it’s wrong for the school run,” the trainee barber from Glasgow, Scotland says.
“It’s inspirational and shows that you can have a healthy fit body and not be afraid to show it off.
“I also actually go to the gym unlike some people who wear gym kit and don’t exercise.”
Jenna works out five times a week doing weights or cardio training and says the gym is a critical part of her mum routine.
But her choice of clothing wasn’t always an issue.
“I go straight after I drop my son off so I wear my gym kit on the school run,” she explains
“When I did the nursery drop off no one said anything but when my son moved schools for year one I began noticing people were pointing and giving me dirty looks.
“I am always cheerful and say hello to everyone I pass but the mums and dads at the new school were slightly older and were more conservatively dressed.”
Cruel comments
Initially Jenna thought she was receiving the cold shoulder because she was new to the group.
“I was walking past one group of mums and I heard them say ‘cover up love you’re showing too much stomach’,” she says.
“I thought it was a joke,” she admits.
“I didn’t for a minute think mums at the school gate would be so cruel.
“We teach our kids not to pick on people and yet here were these adult women picking on me.”
A few days later Jenna was shocked to discover her outfits were the topic of a parents WhatsApp group discussion.
“A friend of mine is a barber and a client claimed that parents were whatsapping about a mum who was wearing a gym kit on the school run,” she explains.
“My friend said that she thinks that she could have been talking about me.”
Covering up
Paranoid that she could be the subject of Whatsapp groups, the mum-of-one admits she began trying to cover up.
“The next day I covered up in a super sized hoodie,” she admits.
“I felt like the bullies and mum shamers had won, I just wanted to crawl under a rock.”
It was when one of Jenna’s old mum pals told her she needed to take a stand and not let the bullies get her down did things change.
Jenna says: “I was telling her about what had happened and she told me I had an amazing body and that I should be showing it off rather than hiding it away.
“I realised she was right, the mum shamers should be the ones to feel embarrassed, not me.
“I decided to be loud and proud and wear whatever hot gym kit I wanted to drop off or pick up my son and ignore the ‘nosey nancies’
“My son thinks I am a super mum and that’s all that matters at the end of the day.”