Calling a man bald counts as sexual harassment, UK judge rules

[laylalex 7,284]

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Calling a man bald can now be classed as sexual harassment, a U.K. employment tribunal judge has ruled.

Three members of the tribunal who decided on the ruling, and alluded to their own experience of hair loss, said that baldness was more prevalent in men than women. Therefore, they argued that the use of the word “bald” as an insult related to a “protected characteristic of sex.”

The tribunal compared calling a man bald to commenting on the size of woman’s breasts, based on a 1995 case.

 

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/13/calling-a-man-bald-counts-as-sexual-harassment-uk-judge-rules.html

[Dashinka 24,494]

I guess the UK is as messed up as the US.  This should work both ways.

 

 

[TBoneTX 45,288]

What does one call a retreating battalion of attack rabbits?

A receding hareline.

 

[Mike E 11,739]

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

What does one call a retreating battalion of attack rabbits?

A receding hareline.

 

Aren’t all the battalion members named Smith? I’ve read they have strong right arms?

[TBoneTX 45,288]

15 hours ago, Mike E said:

Aren’t all the battalion members named Smith? I’ve read they have strong right arms?

Even stronger if their name is Smith N. Wesson.

[Redro 4,611]

(some) Bald men have issues~

I grew up surrounded by bald men so I thought it was just something that happened to men. 

I'm still amazed my brother and husband both have full heads of hair. 

[yuna628 9,676]

Reminded me of an anime clip that unfortunately I can't post for TOS reasons. Ah well.

I don't understand how this is sexual harassment. Regular harassment sure. 

I don't mind bald men, in fact there are plenty of men that should learn to embrace it and take those tribbles off their heads. You are not your hair, bald can be beautiful.

[laylalex 7,284]

My take is that because the harassment was based on a sex-linked characteristic (generally only men go bald, or significantly bald), this is sex-based harassment. 

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 In our judgment, there is a connection between the word “bald” on the one hand and the protected characteristic of sex on the other.  Miss Churchhouse was right to submit that women as well as men may be bald.  However, as all three members of the Tribunal will vouchsafe, baldness is much more prevalent in men than women. We find it to be inherently related to sex. (In contrast, we accept that baldness affects (predominantly) adult males of all ages so is inherently not a characteristic of age).