Going to a barbers as a woman?

A woman is entitled to plain barbered short back and sides just as women give me a Cut shampoo and Set . Women are entitled to . Women are Enforcing men for Cut Shampoo and Set. Fashion and popular bill in parliament take precedence anyway. Hairnets

I got my haircut for years at the barbers. I agree with PP the Turkish barbershops were more easily persuaded to do it. Though occasionally a traditional barber would too.

I just always went in with full confidence as if I was meant to be there, asked for a short back and sides. Then I trimmed the top layers myself at home - as I think they were the bits they were more concerned about doing.

I always assured them that if it went wrong I didn't care - because frankly I didn't- hair grows back.

Now missing my £8 haircuts and my home bleach jobs over my £££ long bob and baylage.

I asked my (male) barber about this and he said the techniques used for cutting men's hair are different, which would explain why barbers / hairdressers specialise.

DD's friend, who is learning to be a hairdresser, won't cut my hair for the same reason (I'm male.)

Regarding cheapness, most barbers take 10 / 15 minutes tops. Is this less time than women's cuts? It would explain the difference in price.

I wonder if insurance has an effect: less risk of getting things expensively wrong with men's hair hence lower premiums.

Also I find that hairdressers who specialise in men's and women's hair will charge me two or three times as much as a barber. They tend to take a bit longer cutting my hair.

I get my hair cut at a local barbers. The first one I tried, staffed by two women, refused. At the time I had a short undercut. Second barbers I tried asked what I wanted done - pointed at my head, short undercut like this - and I explained that hairdressers who cut women's hair no longer seem able to work clippers, or even have sharp clippers, and can't do short haircuts. And they charge a fortune!

I'm not disputing what previous posters have said about insurance covering either for men's or women's haircuts, but that really is nonsensical as there is nothing intrinsically male or female about a haircut. I'm in my mid-50s and as a child and teenager, males and females had broadly similar haircuts.

Hi all, so basically I shaved my head last July for charity (McMillan) I hated it anyway so it seemed like a 2 birds, 1 stone situation.. Fast forward to now, and it’s grown to the nape of my neck, I can make a quiff on top lol and it’s annoyingly af round my ears and neck so desperately in need of a trim, only the usual hairdressers is in town, where I seldom go anymore, or there’s a barbers literally up the road from me, bout 4/5 min away.. I’m an anxious/nervous person in general so don’t know if I’m allowed to do that or what to ask for and if he’s says no or is rude I know 100% I’ll jus come home and have a meltdown..
Any help/advice appreciated..👍🏼

It sounds like you had a shit day and this was the icing on the cake.

Maybe try one of the Uk based Turkish Barbers who operate now in many towns?

I do like their stylish precision mens cuts.

...and I will admit to trying a few of them when in Turkey...the barbers seemed nervous at my requests - and then there was the language barrier as well, but they all willingly obliged. 🙂

I go to a barber shop full of men. There is one female barber there. Everyone who works in the shop has cut my hair at some point.

It's one of the few remaining male spaces. Let them have it.

He shouldn't have to cut your hair if he doesn't want to.

DP gets hers done at the local barbers. They're brilliant. Hairdressers always try to 'fluff it up' as she puts it when really she just wants to look like Zayn Malik. Her current barber says he gets loads of girls coming in asking for similar.

I'm jealous as she pays 10 quid for hers and mine is 32 pounds at least

it does make me wonder in this modern world of self-ID if we just said we identify as men that they would have to cut our hair or they could be done for discrimination!

Nope, none of the trans men I know that don't pass can get their hair cut in barbers that don't cut women's hair either

It's so annoying isn't it. I've also been told that they aren't insured - it does make me wonder in this modern world of self-ID if we just said we identify as men that they would have to cut our hair or they could be done for discrimination!

I can never get a hairdresser to go short enough at the back, they all want to feather it around the hairline which just curls up and looks shit, then grows into a mullet within 2 weeks! And yes, they usually charge far more than a barber.

I'll rephrase the question; why is it unreasonable of the barber to only want to cut men's hair?

And I'm 99% certain that this exact same thread was posted a few months ago.

Beacause hair salons are 3 times more expensive for the same cut. Yiu could also find a good mobile hairdresser, who is cheaper than a salon.

I go to the barbers. I have very short hair and a fade and hairdressers just don't do it properly. Always try to give me some feathery shit.

At first they were a bit dubious, but it was unusual to have such short hair back then. Now a lot more women have short hair. I see quite a few. Plus it only costs 6 quid!

Why can't you just go to a hairdresser?

women's hairdressers will never cut my hair the way I want it. They always insist on feminising it or making it softer when I just want a basic short back and sides

I think it's also because some men don't like getting their hair cut with women. Dunno why though. There's a hairdresser near me that does men's nights and they prefer to go then to avoid the women customers.

Hairdressers generally charge about 3 times as much!

I feel your pain. I remember walking into a barbers at the age of twelve (alone). The owner said 'you know we're a barbers, we don't do girls hair'. I said I just wanted it cutting very short, and to his credit he gave me a short back and sides. That was around 1990. About two years ago I went to a hairdressers for a short fashion cut with shaved undercut, and the hairdressers were hopeless and un-confident with clippers. It ended up fine, but had I know how long it would take I'd have bought clippers and done it myself.

I remember a lady coming in who had a lot on her plate. She had a 13 year old son with cancer and went into a depression. She didn’t wash her hair for months and it became matted. She plucked up the courage to go to the hairdressers and they looked at her in disgust and told her she had to find a barber who would shave it all off with clippers because nothing else could be done. My DP took her to the back of the shop and calmed her down because she was crying so much and brushed / cut it and she ended up with a bob. Sometimes I think people just aren’t very nice. I hate hairdressers, I find them intimidating x

Why can't you just go to a hairdresser?

I've found you do usually have to shop around before you find one but they do exist. I always get my hair cut at the barbers.

Doesn’t surprise me. My sons barber wouldn’t take a cm off my dds fringe when we were in there with him. I guess they worry women will complain that they haven’t had a high quality cut even if they say they just want some off the back and sides.

That’s a shame, I’m not nearby. Why don’t you phone up some other barbers before you go in. Bet they’re all busy at the moment with schools going back. Maybe on Thursday they’ll be quieter and nicer.