A woman who was branded “doable” by a businessman on LinkedIn has publicly shamed him for his vulgar comments.

The picture in question showed Sarah smiling for the camera while wearing a long black dress.

She later decided to expose the user’s “unacceptable” behavior in a public post, which she called “the reality of being a woman on LinkedIn.”

Many users praised her for “speaking out” against the “shocking” messages, and most condemned the man’s behavior – but a small number suggested her photos were not “professional” enough for the site.

Sarah, from Ipswich, Suffolk, said: “It annoys me. It’s a professional photo. He was at a work event. It’s not like it was revealing in any way.

“But even if you were, that doesn’t mean you’re capable of making such comments. It makes you feel disgusting.

“I don’t want them to think of me that way from a professional photo taken at a work event.

– Only he wore it for no reason. I already told him “this is not professional. This has to stop. I will remove you as a connection”.

“He still tried to justify it because my profile picture was ‘sexy’ and shouldn’t be on a professional platform.

“That’s why he thought it was acceptable to say such vulgar things because of my profile picture.

“Even though I shouldn’t have to justify myself, I felt I had to.

“I’m open to receiving compliments, that’s absolutely fine. But keep it professional and there is no need to make vulgar comments saying they are “doable”. It’s not nice.

“On a professional platform I want to focus on my professional skills. This is not a dating site.

The recruitment consultant admitted it wanted to expose the LinkedIn user’s “disgraceful” language to spread awareness before blocking and reporting his profile, as well as announcing his job.

Sarah said: “The only reason I posted it was because I got quite a few rude and weird messages from men on LinkedIn before. It’s not just LinkedIn, but other social media platforms as well.

“Obviously getting messages like this is terrible. You don’t expect as much, especially from LinkedIn, but it’s pretty common.

“It’s disgusting that other people are making things like this happen. I see other posts about this.

“A lot of people write their name and picture to try to protect them.

“But I thought, ‘if someone can be vulgar like that and go against their company when they’re representing them, then why can’t I post about it and post their name and picture and let it be known that this person who works this is why the company is shameful”?

By handling the situation “professionally”, he wanted to represent his company well and avoid losing his job.

Sarah said: “I’ve dealt with it quite professionally so that’s why I posted it and to show that you need to be a bigger person.

“He represents his company and I represent mine.

“If it was one of my private social media accounts, I probably wouldn’t have stayed so calm, but because I’m on LinkedIn, I’m representing my own company.

“I don’t want to come across as rude to a certain extent or say horrible things that would then obviously cause backlash for my company as well and could cause me to lose my job if I cross a line.

“I don’t want to put my job in jeopardy. These are such vulgar comments, but I still represent my company on LinkedIn.

The 24-year-old revealed that being a young woman can be difficult in her career and has even faced “vulgar” comments at work.