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Was this woman’s top too sexy for the gym?

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(Facebook/Jenna Vecchio)

Earlier this week, Jenna Vecchio headed to her local gym in Ottawa, Ont. hoping to get in a good sweat session. She’s a member of Movati Athletic Club, a private facility in the Orléans suburb of the city. Dressed in a pair of grey workout tights and a black tank top, she was totally sidelined when a supervisor at the club approached her to say that her top was inappropriate.

“I was instructed by a supervisor at the club that my tank top was inappropriate dress and is offensive to both the staff and other members.”

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Confused, Vecchio looked around the gym and noticed that many other women were wearing tank tops similar to her own.

“I will start by saying my tank top was no different than many other women’s tank top at the club; except my chest size is much larger in appearance in comparison to my frame than many of the other women,” Vecchio said in a Facebook post outlining the incident.

“After asking every woman at the club who I could find on the way out if my attire offended them and they responded no, it became clear that the only ones offended were the two women supervisors working at the club today.”

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Vecchio was told that her top broke the club’s dress code, which stated that members must wear “appropriate gym attire and modest clothing.” After explaining that her top was no different than the tops worn by other women at the club, she was told that because of her chest size, this was not an appropriate top for her body type.

“I felt humiliated and discriminated against due to my figure,” she explains. “I was singled out and it is unfair to say I cannot wear a tank top and other women can!”

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“If tank tops are not allowed at the gym for me because of my chest size than all women should not be allowed to wear tank tops regardless of size.”

Along with the post, Vecchio took photos of her outfit asking whether people were offended by it. She also snapped some pictures from they gym’s website, which clearly show images of other women wearing very similar attire.

“Movati Supervisors told me they are a private club and can make their own rules! Discrimination is NOT OKAY!”

However, gym officials are sticking by their decision.

“We ask members to be respectful of each other when in the gym, to include wearing modest athletic attire and appropriate shoes, limiting cell phone usage and keeping the facility clean. It is important to us that all members have a positive experience at Movati, and we take their needs and feelings very seriously,” said Ottawa-area Movati director Sean Whittal in a statement to Metro News.“As such, on Saturday when some members of our gym voiced complaints regarding Ms. Vecchio’s attire as it made them feel uncomfortable and was seen as being contrary to our dress code policy our staff assessed the situation and spoke to Ms. Vecchio.”

“While in no way did we intend to embarrass her, we did feel we had to address the issue. We are still looking into the matter, and would be happy to sit down and speak with Ms. Vecchio in more detail as we continue to investigate the incident.”

Do you find her outfit inappropriate? Do you think the gym should be allowed to prevent her from dressing a certain way because of her figure? Let us know your thoughts by tweeting to @YahooStyleCA.