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Sexual descrimination

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  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    Having that ad pulled from Gumtree isn't doing anything to get yourself housed, is it? Still, I don't know how to break this to you but Hounslow is not in London. It's a sh!thole, so no-one who had any choice would want to live there any way.
  • westv
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    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    Depends if it's self-contained or not.

    If it's part of someone's home (a lodger offer) then you are fine to discriminate on the grounds of sex / religion etc. Same as you can in relation to a nanny, for example.

    A studio flat is a self contained unit.
    If it was part of someone's home then it would be a bedsit.
  • westv
    westv Posts: 6,461 Forumite
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    BitterAndTwisted wrote: »
    I don't know how to break this to you but Hounslow is not in London.

    It is in Greater London. :D
  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    This is a British consumer forum so I reckon it's safe to say that the majority of posters on here are in the UK. I suspect this forum would be less than useless to Johnny Foreigner.
  • poppy10_2
    poppy10_2 Posts: 6,588 Forumite
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    BitterAndTwisted wrote: »
    This is a British consumer forum so I reckon it's safe to say that the majority of posters on here are in the UK. I suspect this forum would be less than useless to Johnny Foreigner.
    It's a spambot, ignore. Reported
    poppy10
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    G_M wrote: »
    Can a man not be a nanny then?

    Now that's sexual discrimination!

    A man can be a nanny. However, in terms of in-house employment of that kind, it's fine for the employer to discriminate on the grounds of sex.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    equitepalparp wrote: »
    Guys i just signed up and from the UK looking forword to being active on here is there meny members on here from the UK ? :)

    Pretty much all of us. It's a UK site.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    A man can be a nanny. However, in terms of in-house employment of that kind, it's fine for the employer to discriminate on the grounds of sex.
    Whaaah! Because.......?

    The world's gone mad. Political correctness here, but over there.....?
  • Mind_the_Gap
    Mind_the_Gap Posts: 355 Forumite
    My son and five male friends (all students) when house-hunting were told by several letting agents that it was their policy not to let to all-male groups. Mixed groups or all-female groups were fine, apparently. The reason given was that all-male groups caused more damage and were generally 'trouble'.

    They found one who'd let to them in the end, but I'm sure the ones who wouldn't were guilty of illegal discrimination.
  • Pupnik
    Pupnik Posts: 452 Forumite
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    I'm female but when I was a student tried renting with some male friends and missed out on our first choice because they did not want men in the house- ridiculous. Probably for the best we missed out as I bet those landlords would not be very good. Plenty of women cause damage and these 'women only' landlords will find that out eventually.

    I also recently saw a job advertised for Christians only (not a live in position) so it looks like there is still plenty of discrimination of all sorts about the place.
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