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Modern Family’s Ariel Winter shuts down slut-shaming again. Guys, can you not?

Ariel Winter, who plays Alex Dunphy on Modern Family, constantly gets slut-shamed for her "revealing" posts on Instagram.

She came into the limelight when she was just 11 years old with her portrayal of Alex Dunphy on Modern Family. Ariel Winter drastically rose to fame and with it, came the hatred as she transformed into a woman. Now 19 years old, Winter has to deal with a lot of hate over her “revealing” Instagram posts. It is weird how every female child actor gathers all the love and respect but as soon as goes through puberty, she immediately becomes a victim of slut-shaming.

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“We’re proud of our bodies. We’re proud of who we are. We’re made the way we are. Why do we care? If I take a picture and I think it looks good — if it’s a little revealing, whatever.”

Ariel Winter gets a lot of hateful comments from her Instagram followers and she has 3.1 million of them, mind you. The reason behind her being targeted is that Winter often posts photos of herself where she flaunts a lot of skin. But the actress feels that the emphasis on her clothes is pretty unnecessary. According to Yahoo, she stated, “Guys, all the time, go on their Instagrams and take pictures nude with guitars in front of their stuff. No one says anything. Nobody cares.” She added, ““When we try to be free and post what we want, it’s like, look at that slut on social media.”

The booty’s back in Cali

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It is easy to judge a woman based on what she wears. One assumes that they are trying to seek attention by giving people what they want because “sex sells”. But why is that the same doesn’t apply for men? It was important for Ariel to break this perspective of people about women who are only confident about their bodies. Her thoughts not only advocate women empowerment but are also a message of body positivity.

These b*tches at light weight, I am always at fight weight

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Bonnie & Clyde

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Y’all there are stingrays in the water

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