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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

they know what women are when it comes to pricing

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MapleLeafForever · 22/11/2022 10:56

Was checking out hair salons, and came across one that did a particular treatment I was looking for, but they seemed to be heavily into gender issues, with the blog on their front page all about gender:

"All our clients are celebrated for just being themselves. I would hope that sooner rather than later more salons will choose to be open for everyone and the divide will be no longer, no stereotypes, no discrimination. When you visit the dentist they look at your teeth, you are not seen on the basis of being male or female. This is how hair salons need to be, when a client walks in they are treated with a person centred approach."

and
"We talk with our clients about how they would like their hair to be and create it for them, this is not based on them being men or women, it is based on them being a human. You do not need to identify as any gender to be welcomed here."

OK, not a problem, glad that anyone would feel comfortable there and that they can be respected in choosing whatever hairstyle fits with their presentation.

Then you look at the price list:

Women

Director Senior Stylist Stylist
Cut and Blow Dry £52 £46 £40
Restyle Cut and Blow Dry £58 £51 £44
Wet Cut £34 £33 £30

Men

£25 £25 £25

I wonder what happens if I go there and identify as a man, or maybe just a human.

OP posts:
Brumchum · 22/11/2022 11:03

Do it OP and report back please.

WhiteFire · 22/11/2022 11:44

That is, probably unintentionally, very, very funny.

So close, but yet so far.

GoldenGorilla · 22/11/2022 11:57

Amazing. Please go in and identify as a man. I have long thick curly hair and could really do with a cheap trim, I will have to find a whole hair salon near me.

GoldenGorilla · 22/11/2022 11:57

woke hair salon

Beamur · 22/11/2022 11:58

How utterly hypocritical of them.

FartOutLoudDay · 22/11/2022 11:58

Another one who really wants you to contact them and say you identify as a man to see what they say they’ll charge!

Booklover3 · 22/11/2022 12:19

Yes please go book an appointment and tell them you are a man. I’d like to know if you are charged the male rate

PigLightingBastard · 22/11/2022 12:23

That's priceless.

Isittrueornot · 22/11/2022 12:27

Do it! Do it! Doooo itttt!
and let us know what happens

WaveyHair · 22/11/2022 12:29

I believe this is what the new'ish genderless salons are about. Charge for hair length etc, I think, rather than gender (male or female).

Goldpaw · 22/11/2022 12:30

Double dare you!!!

G5000 · 22/11/2022 12:38

I believe this is what the new'ish genderless salons are about. Charge for hair length etc, I think, rather than gender (male or female).

Makes sense, why should one sex pay more for the same haircut than the other, right?.

Except that this particular hair salon IS still charging based on the client being man or a woman, as they clearly specify in their price list, and not based on the hair length and cut complexity.

OP I dare you. At least call and ask what the price is if you're non-binary.

MapleLeafForever · 22/11/2022 12:53

I'm tempted, but
a) it's not a good idea to piss off a hair salon when I have difficult and complicated hair at the best of times... though I guess I could wait until after they've done it to mention that I identify as a man ,
and b) they aren't all that convenient to me and I'm not sure they do offer the service I was looking for - they came up on a 'salon finder' from the product website, but it's not listed. And they'd likely charge totally differently for that service anyway.

But if I were braver, it would be interesting to phone up and ask what the prices are if I'm non-binary or something, as their website doesn't indicate that... I'd like to have the £25 charge, please. Except they'd probably at that point say that actually, they do just charge by length and time, and given that I do have long and curly hair, I'd end up paying the higher price anyway. I don't disagree with the idea of paying by length and time, as it happens, seems sensible enough - but it did just strike me funny that they went to all these lengths to say how gender free they were, until it came to the price.

Someone braver than me, or perhaps who does have short and easy hair, could ring up instead..

OP posts:
FartOutLoudDay · 22/11/2022 12:54

WaveyHair · 22/11/2022 12:29

I believe this is what the new'ish genderless salons are about. Charge for hair length etc, I think, rather than gender (male or female).

That makes far more sense!

ErrolTheDragon · 22/11/2022 13:17

WaveyHair · 22/11/2022 12:29

I believe this is what the new'ish genderless salons are about. Charge for hair length etc, I think, rather than gender (male or female).

That would be sensible and fair, but it's not what this website says. They've got decidedly different prices divided into 'women' and 'men'. It's also unclear whether men can have the full range of services listed for women.

Catonlapfireon · 22/11/2022 19:44

That’s hilarious, woke washing.

ChangePlease · 22/11/2022 19:50

Please share the link so someone can book an appointment 😂

Rightsraptor · 22/11/2022 20:28

Besides the sheer hypocrisy and money stuff, I really do not want to go to a hair dresser who bangs on about their clients being celebrated for being themselves and all that guff.

Just do my effing hair properly.

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