Instagram's Latest Censorship Move Gender Double Standard?

Instagram has been displaying some pretty ridiculous double standards when it comes to photos they will and won't take down. 

There is the men vs women nipple double standards, the censorship of children's nipples and now a pubic hair double standard. 

Insta seems on board with men's pubic hair but not women's. 

The latest in the saga comes from Australian web magazine Sticks and Stones who up until a few days ago had an active Instagram account with hundreds of thousands of followers. Until they posted a photo from a shoot in which a model's untrimmed pubic hair can be seen. The account was banned.

Here's the image: 

The magazine believes that the photo would have been 100% fine if they posted a picture of a male model showing his pubes. But when it's women, it's undecent. 

“Unfortunately Instagram has ruled out natural hair that appears on all bodies of women that don’t trim their bikini lines,” Ainsley Hutchence, Sticks and Stones’ director, told Mic. ”But Instagram seems to be OK with man pubes. Clearly this is absolutely sexist. Instagram believes women should wax or get off their platform.”

This isn't the first time the social media platform has found itself in hot water over its photo policy. A couple of months ago, Instagram censored a photo of Petra Collins for showing too much of her bush and was forced to say sorry after deleting the photo of a full figured woman in her underwear. 

Mic spoke to Jessica Lewis, a model and body image expert in New York City, who was appalled by Instagram's decision.

"Why is it inappropriate for women to show natural REAL pubic hair in images when we have Justin Bieber having his photoshopped in for his most current Calvin Klein campaign with Lara Stone?" she said. "If a male can be enhanced in post to look more masculine by way of pubic hair, why can't a woman feel accepted in society to be feminine in showing hers?"

Hmmm the ball is in your court Instagram...!

Source: Hellogiggles.com