Gentlemen’s Barbershop Fined for Not Serving Woman

desertaz · 2015-09-14T19:59:38+00:00

The full story for anyone willing to do a bit of research is that a woman went to a normal barbershop (i.e., not a private club) and wanted a mens haircut but was turned away because the establishment wanted to only serve men. She filed a complaint with a state bureau that oversees licensed professionals (like barbers), she didn’t sue anyone. The bureau investigated and found that the barber did indeed discriminate based on gender and levied the fine.

From a legal standpoint there’s no functional difference between a restaurant that discriminates based on race and a barbershop that discriminates based on gender, if you’re a public accommodation (i.e. public or private entity that offers services to the public) then you can’t deny services to individuals based on protected class status like race, gender or religion.

Token argument’s that don’t compare to this situation:

Well then I guess I’ll just go join curves!

In many cases you’re able to and in the cases where you aren’t the gym is run as a private member’s only club which is not a public accommodation.

This is such a double standard, hair salons always cater to women only!

It would only be a double standard if men were turned away and denied service. Many men get their hair cut at salons just fine.

Why would a women even WANT to go to a barbershop unless she was looking for trouble?

Why do men want to go to a barbershop? To get their hair cut. A woman looking for a masculine short hair cut is better off going to a place like a barbershop where they have experience with those styles.

Title	Gentlemen’s Barbershop Fined for Not Serving Woman
Author	connor_adams
Upvotes	9
Comments	2
Date	September 14, 2015 6:16 PM UTC (10 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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