Post: #1

This is just too good not to be shared source

"When might a gift certificate for a free men’s haircut not be honoured? In one case, when the customer is a woman. Armed with a voucher for a free haircut she won in a silent auction at the end of June, 38-year-old Lyla Miklos went into the Westdale Barber Shop Wednesday afternoon. She took a seat in the King Street West shop, pulled out a book and waited for her turn. The barber, who was cutting another customer’s hair, asked how he could help her. Miklos, who identifies as a queer, feminist and a labour activist, was shocked when he told her the shop is for men only. “Even if I want to get a men’s cut? You’re joking, right?” she asked the barber. “Emotionally, I was very angry and slightly hurt,” she said, noting she’s had short hair her entire adult life and has been to other barbershops in the area. “I didn’t want to cut her hair,” said Phil Angemi, who’s owned the Westdale Barber Shop for the past 12 years. “That’s my reason.”Angemi said men come from Welland, Toronto and Ottawa to get their hair cut at his shop, and they anticipate a women-free atmosphere. He said it’s partly about tradition. Miklos, in an effort to prevent the same hurt and embarrassment she felt, has contacted the Westdale BIA, Councillor Brian McHattie and MPP Ted McMeekin. She says she’s also in the midst of filing a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.
“There’s a barber out there who really needs some sensitivity,” she said, adding she’d like an apology and for the barber to undergo anti-oppression training. She also suggested he could offer free haircuts to women in need or make a donation to a sexual assault centre."

Post: #2

The shop owner is a hero.

Post: #3

So much penis envy.

A man knows he can't waltz into the women's institute and demand they change for him.

I would have thought as the business owner he reserves the right to serve whoever he wants.

Why do these androgynous tools want to invade male-only zones and gender neutralize everything?

They must lead horrendously boring and unfulfiling existences.

I'm pretty sure offending some one will soon be a jail sentence, if it already isn't.

Post: #4

This woman is seriously ugly
Human rights. Bah!!

Post: #5

Now this hard-working man is going to have his living jeopardized and stressed because this fat, tattooed, unambiguously gendered cow wanted to destroy the "patriarchy" that exists only in her head. It's an insane society that would ever condone this.

Post: #6

This woman thinks she is a modern-day Rosa Parks.

Post: #7

She has short hair so wants to be allowed to get a hair cut from a mens only barber shop?

If I am weak like a woman can I go to a womans only gym class?

If I am afraid of being raped can I go to a womans only self defense class?

Post: #8

(08-28-2013 07:26 AM)RioNomad Wrote:  She has short hair so wants to be allowed to get a hair cut from a mens only barber shop?

If I am weak like a woman can I go to a womans only gym class?

If I am afraid of being raped can I go to a womans only self defense class?

If I'm an emotional wreck can I use the women's restroom?

If I attention whore all day, make no logical sense and am not haaaaapy can I take a shower in the women's locker room?

I feel bad for this barber. I wish these cunts knew that sometimes you just need a place to get away from women and be able to say what you want and not have to worry about being sued, called creepy or losing your job.

Post: #9

She wants the shop owner to undergo "anti oppression training" That is the most orwellian thing I have ever heard. Fucking Canada, I love sharing stories like this with Americans who have some sort of "oh well if the US goes to crap I'll move to Canada" boner.

Post: #10

I don't get the point of donating to a sexual assault center, she wasn't sexually assaulted. The coupon said a men's haircut....which is for men. The hamster is strong in this one.

Post: #11

'but I've got a coupon for a free Anne summers party, show me how to use those vibrators please' can't wait.

Post: #12

I would have served her with my version of her haircut.

She'll look like Nathalie Portman in V. Super bald.

You want to look like a man, shaved head it is.

Post: #13

She looks like the guy at my cricket club that tries to be involved in everything but everyone hates

Post: #14

If there is one thing all women hate its being told they can’t do something because they’re female.

Post: #15

It's always the non-feminine women trying to ruin shit for men.

All women are slave to the almighty hamster but truly feminine women don't seem to go out of their way to fuck up men's institutions.

Post: #16

Opposes "male only" anything

Guarantee you she's fine with "women only" businesses and groups of all sorts

Post: #17

If her complaint is seriously taken by the media, public, and the Human Rights Tribunal there better be an explanation for women only gyms and spas.

This is beyond ridiculous.

Post: #18

That's a woman?!?!?!?!

Post: #19

If she asked for a skin fade he would have been fine with it. She has a teenage boy haircut.

Post: #20

(08-28-2013 01:59 PM)TheSlayer Wrote:  If her complaint is seriously taken by the media, public, and the Human Rights Tribunal there better be an explanation for women only gyms and spas.

This is beyond ridiculous.

it would be interesting. i remember way back when a guy lost his human rights case to go to a women only gym, his argument being it was the only one that was convenient to his home.

edit: that was in British Columbia

Post: #21

I bet this guy's shop is packed with guys after the free publicity.

Post: #22

I was so proud when I read that guy not only stood his ground, but actually doubled down.

Post: #23

(08-28-2013 03:54 PM)Hotwheels Wrote:  I bet this guy's shop is packed with guys after the free publicity.

Hopefully. If anyone is in the area they should make a point of frequenting the joint.

Post: #24

Damn, I got excited thinking it was King Street West in Toronto. I'm long overdue for a haircut and would've spent the extra time/cost to get my hair cut at this place just due to this story... Hamilton's too far away though.

But this story and his response makes me feel so good, maybe I need to plan a daytrip down there to get a cut & shake his hand...

Post: #25

"who identifies as a queer, feminist and a labour activist..."
I guess she's been too busy getting the transsexual prostitutes organized into a syndicate to let her hair down.