Discrimination for having long hair as a man?

bendix

Strider590 wrote: »

The freedom of self expression is basic human right, yet we live in a world that is evidently prejudiced against anyone who seems "different" to the local average.

Yes, it is.

So long as they understand that with that right, comes responsibilities.

It's so easy to self-express when you know the state will take care of you, if you can't work.

Curiously, you dont often see similar levels of self-expression in countries where the welfare state isnt so generous and forgiving.

Strider590

I think maybe you hear, but you don't understand....... If an organisation does not have a fair (because of equal sexes) dress code set out its contract of employment, then it would be in violation of human rights to discriminate against someone for their appearance.
I think as a nation we need to stop this discrimination.

One of the most trust worthy and hard working people I know, he has tattoo's from head to toe and piercings all over the place.... But unlike Bob in his business suit, id trust this guy with my life..........

But then I really don't like fake people.

bendix

I understand completely. My own company has such a policy and dress code, and it's clearly understood that in the corporate environment i work in your chap with tattoos and piercings wouldn't get past the foyer.

As for fake - well, who's to say what is fake and what isn't. I could make a valid argument that those who cover themselves with tattoos etc are hiding something, thus being fake themselves, but it's all opinion.

Sadly, though, my opinion is the one that prevails in modern society. One can choose to play the game or not but at the end of the day, we live in society and those of us who choose not to at least pay lip service to those rules, must be prepared to accept the consequences.

my point about the guy in Norwich is simple: was he emotionally mature enough to know what course he was embarking on when he decided to treat himself like a canvas? I sincerely doubt it.

I remember a girl at university in newcastle, back in the 1980s. She too had facial tattoos. I asked about her a couple of years ago and learned she had never worked a day in her life, and had fallen into drugs and prostitution in the early noughties. She's in prison now.

You reap what you sew.

poe.tuesday

I am far from what most people deem as 'conventional' looking and I have worked from the age of 13

I have a high powered, very well paid job and my dreadlocks, piercings and tats have never been a problem to any of my employers or my clients and as for playing the game, why play games, just be true to yourself and any employer will see your true worth and value and not be so narrow minded to take people for what they look like

Sambucus_Nigra

poe.tuesday wrote: »

I am far from what most people deem as 'conventional' looking and I have worked from the age of 13

I have a high powered, very well paid job and my dreadlocks, piercings and tats have never been a problem to any of my employers or my clients and as for playing the game, why play games, just be true to yourself and any employer will see your true worth and value and not be so narrow minded to take people for what they look like

The blokey in question is just being asked to tie his hair back!

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

It's illegal to tattoo somebody's face or hands, in an attempt to prevent someon from ruining their life, pretty much. And i know that just because you might have tattoos all over your face that it doesn't mean you can't go on to be the next Einstein and so on, but it's pretty unlikely.

adouglasmhor

Ronaldo_Mconaldo wrote: »

It's illegal to tattoo somebody's face or hands, in an attempt to prevent someon from ruining their life, pretty much. And i know that just because you might have tattoos all over your face that it doesn't mean you can't go on to be the next Einstein and so on, but it's pretty unlikely.

No it isn't. You just made that up didn't you?

bendix

Ronaldo_Mconaldo wrote: »

It's illegal to tattoo somebody's face or hands, in an attempt to prevent someon from ruining their life, pretty much. .

Utter utter nonsense. You, sir, don't know your a**e from your elbow.

bendix

poe.tuesday wrote: »

I am far from what most people deem as 'conventional' looking and I have worked from the age of 13

I have a high powered, very well paid job and my dreadlocks, piercings and tats have never been a problem to any of my employers or my clients and as for playing the game, why play games, just be true to yourself and any employer will see your true worth and value and not be so narrow minded to take people for what they look like

Good for you. There are always exceptions which prove the rule.

What do you do for a living?

Strider590

It's not a rule, it's a stereotype

With the exception of chavs (who need to be shot on sight), I respect anyone who expresses their true selves.

It's those who hide their true selves that are the dangerous ones...... Serious crimes like rape, !!!!!philia, murder, fraud, financial crimes, <insert list a mile long> almost always committed by people who appear to conform to societies idea of "normal".

Like I say, I don't trust a man in a suit.... It doesn't take much to shave and throw on a suit, but for all you know he just rolled up for his interview in a chaved out mk4 Escort van fitted with a dixie horn and covered in England flags and Stormfront logo's.