Winter responded to the trolls by posting an image of a pair of women’s legs hitching up a skirt (originally designed by artist, Rosea Lake in 2013, and entitled, Judgements).

The legs in the image are marked at varying intervals, to represent skirt lengths, with the highest, at the top of the thigh, marked ‘slut’, followed by ‘asking for it’ until the marks reach below the knee and the words change to ‘proper’. On the calf, the word ‘prudish’ appears, to reveal the double-standards women are faced with.

The actor captioned the photograph, saying:

“Who knew that an innocent photo with my nieces would turn into this? The height of a girl’s skirt or whatever she is wearing for that matter, does not imply what she is asking for.”

Shutting out the slut shamers: this is the best response for dealing with online abuse