Barber denies lesbian a haircut

[savemefrombadrp]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/15/toronto-haircut-mcgregor.htmlRead more... )

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[gr_julian]

Orthodox Jewish men are not allowed to touch women.

But I never see anyone get rageface over that.

[savemefrombadrp]

actually that pisses me off too.

Part 1:

[lilenth]

The problem is this is an intersectional issue

Part 2:

[lilenth]

4. At the same time though she could have gone to another salon, it's not like she had to get her hair cut there, but on the flip side, women's and unisex salons always charge women more even for a stereotypically male haircut (which is a form of sexism, how is short hair more expensive to cut if you're a woman?) and if she'd gone to another barbers, again the assumption that "wants male haircut = butch dyke" could have come into play and resulted in homophobia. So really thanks to social stigma, homophobia and sexism, getting a haircut can be a massive issue if you are someone who is seen as being a woman and you want what is considered a male haircut

Re: Part 2:

[savemefrombadrp]

...except Muslim isn't a race? I absolutely do NOT assume that "brown = Muslim" because that is NOT the case here. It is far more likely that brown = Sikh, if anything, where I come from. Still, can't assume, because it's also true that brown = Christian and brown = Agnostic/Atheist.

I'm kinda new to the whole "intersectional" thing though. Sexism really bugs me, and it gets entrenched BY religion. How are we going to stop sexism if we don't erode away belief systems that perpetuate it?

I didn't make any ignorant comments about Islam in general. It all came from the story. From the Muslims themselves in the story, who don't necessarily represent all Muslims.

[sw_corner]

You know, I really wonder how everyone would have reacted if this had been a non-passing trans man rather than a cis lesbian.

[savemefrombadrp]

Yeah, you have to wonder.