Hairism in the UK Today

[BigonaBianchi]

Male with Long hair = seen as oddball ...wtf is that all about? I mean how many women out there have short hair and are not discriminated against on the basis of hair? It is illegal to discriminate on basis of race, religion, sex, age but...Hair...oh nooo....thats still up for grabs...

It's time to realise long hair has a place...it is normal, natural and very 70's rock and roll which is a heck of a lot kooler than a penguin suit briefcase crew cut. ..which is probably the point ...jealousy.

If I were a 60 year old black, long haired homosexual I would have legal protection for everything except my hair...except if my hair was religious...which mine is...(I worship at the church of Rock).

Hairism is unacceptable & must be stamped on. I intend to ride (with my hair) to No.10 and protest in the strongest terms about hairism in the UK.

Barbers are evil servants of Satan

 

[mondobongo]

Don't fancy a grade 2 all over then?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

Barbers are evil servants of Satan

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[Carwash]

Male with Long hair = seen as oddball

What on earth are you talking about? I've had long hair in the past, so has my brother, and many male friends - I don't recall any of them getting any grief as a result. I think you're imagining a prejudice where none exists. In the 50s, perhaps, but not nowadays.

 

[Mr Pig]

It might not be your hair. Maybe people just don't like you!

 

[Bug]

I agree with Carwash. I worked for ten years for IBM (not exactly known for their lack of conservatism) with hair that came midway down my back. Nobody ever said a thing, and I was often in a customer-facing role on multi-million dollar projects.

I'm a number 2 all over now, though, when I realised that I was going thin at the front and didn't want to end up looking like Bill Bailey!

 

[Melvil]

I agree with Carwash. I worked for ten years for IBM (not exactly known for their lack of conservatism) with hair that came midway down my back. Nobody ever said a thing, and I was often in a customer-facing role on multi-million dollar projects.

I'm a number 2 all over now, though, when I realised that I was going thin at the front and didn't want to end up looking like Bill Bailey!

I had a similar epiphany when I realised my 'cadfael' was showing through my long hair. So it got the chop and I'm now a bit like Nick Hornby (actually, not as bad as Nick Hornby...bit more like early Grant Mitchell...anyway, you get the point!)

But I don't think there's hairism in the company I work for and the companies I work with...

 

[Night Train]

I used to have hair that was half way down my back. I know that I have lost job interviews on the basis of my long hair because the employers told me so. It is apparently something to do with their public image as short haired suit wearers.

Cutting my hair back to collar length or less certainly helped get back into the employment market but I don't think it is right that I had to do that given that my hair was tidy and presentable at whatever length.

I have to grow my hair long now for my next stage performance so I will not be cutting it again until after next May. It should be all over my shoulders by then. Hopefully I won't get any concerns from work.

 

[Greedo]

That's a bit of a "hair" brain idea is it not

I have a new nick name at work.

I'm now known as Aslan beacuse of my mane like hair.

I'm thinking of selling it by the pound.

 

[Arch]

Male with Long hair = seen as oddball ...wtf is that all about? I mean how many women out there have short hair and are not discriminated against on the basis of hair?

I'm not sure women have it all their own way either. I think a woman with a grade 2 all over would be looked on by many as rather odd, and yet that's a very easy way to manage. No, women are often expected to have 'hairstyles' - and often hairstyles that involve a load of faffing about, styling, colouring etc. I get away with as little as I can - a cut every few months, and I wash and towel dry it at home, no more. I think a close crop all over would be even easier, because I could cut my own then, but I think it's a step too far in terms of other people's expectations (also, I've never had one, and it might look very odd, I dunno)

 

[Mr Pig]

I think a woman with a grade 2 all over would be looked on by many as rather odd

But few women do that as they know they'd look rubbish. Men are too thick to know. Instead they prat about, living in a dream, looking stupid and thinking they look cool!

 

[ChrisKH]

But few women do that as they know they'd look rubbish. Men are too thick to know. Instead they prat about, living in a dream, looking stupid and thinking they look cool!

Rather pointless growing hair long when it comes out in irregular patches in my experience. Far better to chop it off, neat and tidy.

BTFB (or BonaB) on the other hand has a handsome mane and can get away with it.

 

[PpPete]

I used to spend a lot of money at barbers ... years and years it went on, and I still ended up receding at front, and a little round bald patch at top.

You'd have thought with all that money they could have sorted the problem of male pattern baldness.....

I finally bit the bullet, bought a hair/beard trimmer (a good one, cost about the same as two trips to barber) and never been back.

Started off with a no. 2 attachment but that got broken, so now I'm down to #1.

I keep trying to persuade Mrs PP to try it, I think it's dead sexy (Demi Moore in that film where she is a GI anyone ?) but she's not having it. Probably wouldn't go down too well at her work at t' council.... damn load of fuddy-duddies.

 

[simoncc]

I remember being sort of 'told off' by my boss for my long hair. As he had a moustache I thought that was a bit rich. And I had the excuse of being young for my dubious hairstyle choice, whereas he was middle-aged and should have known better.

 

[red_tom]

Just try being freaking ginger.