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Job advert seeking male applicants only - can I report it? And who to?

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  • Wow, I can't believe how many people are defending this or suggesting it's not worth bothering reporting. What if it said "White driver needed" or "Straight driver needed". Still think that's acceptable?

    The fact that so many people appear to think it's either acceptable, or not worth "making a fuss" about is exactly why it is worth making a fuss. Please report them.
  • RichardD1970
    RichardD1970 Posts: 3,796 Forumite
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    CFC wrote: »
    It's a very slightly higher figure than lesbian rape.

    I think you need a sanity check.

    Err, doesn't homosexual include lesbian?

    And why do I need a sanity check, I only asked how many homosexual rapes are actually reported.

    If the majority aren't then there can be no accurate statistics. So using that as a basis for working out statistical risk is pointless.
  • Err, doesn't homosexual include lesbian?

    And why do I need a sanity check, I only asked how many homosexual rapes are actually reported.

    If the majority aren't then there can be no accurate statistics. So using that as a basis for working out statistical risk is pointless.

    It used to include lesbian but has been taken over by the men. Probably the usual misunderstanding of the meaning of the first four letters of the word.
  • RichardD1970
    RichardD1970 Posts: 3,796 Forumite
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    It used to include lesbian but has been taken over by the men. Probably the usual misunderstanding of the meaning of the first four letters of the word.

    As far as I'm aware it includes all.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homosexual

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/homosexual

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/homosexual

    http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/homosexual

    No mention of just men there ;)
  • scheming_gypsy
    scheming_gypsy Posts: 18,410 Forumite
    Wow, I can't believe how many people are defending this or suggesting it's not worth bothering reporting. What if it said "White driver needed" or "Straight driver needed". Still think that's acceptable?

    The fact that so many people appear to think it's either acceptable, or not worth "making a fuss" about is exactly why it is worth making a fuss. Please report them.

    course it's not worth reporting. It's not a big issue, the most that needs to happen is to have a word with the shop owner, it doesn't need reporting to anybody unless you're a big grass.
  • What if it said "White driver needed" or "Straight driver needed".


    But it doesn't does it. & that's the key thing!

    What if the interviewer slayed all women who applied?
    What if the boss is plotting to take down the government & only a woman could detect this?
    What if a woman applied & had plans to take down the business?
    What if my lottery numbers don't come up?
    What if i feel like a chinese next week?
    What if they only have female delivery drivers available & i can't eat because i want a male driver?

    What if, what if, what if. All this what iffing is getting a bit silly.
  • course it's not worth reporting. It's not a big issue, the most that needs to happen is to have a word with the shop owner, it doesn't need reporting to anybody unless you're a big grass.
    The missus (oh sorry, maybe i should be reported for that? It's not very 'correct' is it?) had a library book out one time & sent it back a week late.

    Do you think i should've reported her for it? Maybe i should've gone straight for the 999 because let's face it - it's quite a big deal.
  • Southend1
    Southend1 Posts: 3,362 Forumite
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    course it's not worth reporting. It's not a big issue, the most that needs to happen is to have a word with the shop owner, it doesn't need reporting to anybody unless you're a big grass.

    It's not a big issue that 50% of the population are excluded from doing something because they happened to be born without a Y chromosome?
  • Where did i say that?
    I thought it was pretty obvious that I said it's not a big issue and only needs mentioning to the shop owner, and not 'reporting'. Why should it be reported, and to who? should we send the shop keeper to prison because they wrongly advertised a job and said it was men only?
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