Britain Just Redefined Sexism
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 05/29/2022 - 4:30pm
Calling a man "bald" is now considered sexual harassment, rules a judge in England
Beyond that:
The ruling, decided on by an employment tribunal of three balding men (you can't make this stuff up), came after electrician Tony Finn was called a "bald cunt" by a male supervisor at the manufacturing firm where he worked. The word "cunt" didn't bother him much at all, but labeling him as "bald" crossed the line. Finn will be receiving compensation, although the amount hasn't yet been determined.
There's more that is at least equally funny.
https://boingboing.net/2022/05/13/calling-a-man-bald-is-now-considered-s...
Comments
So,
Chris Rock is not sexist. Merely etremely rude. My opinion as well.
What a goofy world where the "c" word is not sexist.
Fun times, EL!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Well, the Brits and Aussies, iirc, do make liberal use
of that word as well as the "t" word.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I have Aussie and Brit pals that can't complete a sentence
without using some offensive word.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
The c word
In England and Australia it means something different. It took me a while to realize it. It is not a word I would use, nor would I defend its use in the US because they use it different. Just sayin'
But I find this funny because our office had an e-mail alias 3bmiac. Three bald men in a cubicle. The three bald men came up with it excluding me, the long-haired one. Someone took offense to it. So the three proud bald men could not be called bald...even though they wanted to.
People are strange...
.Long live long hair!
Being bald hasn't hurt The Rock one bit!
I didn't know the "c" word was different for Brits and Aussies. hmmm...
My Aussie pal dropped it in a US context.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981