Discrimination seems to only apply to women.

Keepaneye · 13-08-2018 07:05PM #1

I am currently looking for a gaffe on Daft and nearly everyone is asking for a female only. Why is this practice not frowned upon in the age of equality? Are us men that hard to live with?

Keepaneye · 13-08-2018 07:05PM

Getting this out of the way...

Keepaneye wrote: »

Are us men that hard

Oh matron!

13-08-2018 07:07PM

What a gaffe

Allinall · 13-08-2018 07:08PM

Anyone that calls somewhere to live a “gaff” should be discriminated against.

Keepaneye · 13-08-2018 07:08PM

bluewolf wrote: »

What a gaffe

A bit like your birth.

freshpopcorn · 13-08-2018 07:14PM

Ring the local radio station and contact the media.
Tell them you are even considering changing your gender just to get a rental property.

sexmag · 13-08-2018 07:15PM

Good point

Its discrimination based in gender,if the advert was to say no travellers,blacks or Jews there would be a court case against the landlord

TheValeyard · 13-08-2018 07:15PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Ring the local radio station and contact the media.
Tell them you are even considering changing your gender just to get a rental property.

Hmmmm

Identity as female to get apartment.

Then gender fluid switch back to male.

Win win.

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verycool · 13-08-2018 07:16PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJPTqWtv8IQ

Fr_Dougal · 13-08-2018 07:17PM

Identify as a house, then you’ll have somewhere to live.

Keepaneye · 13-08-2018 07:19PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Ring the local radio station and contact the media.
Tell them you are even considering changing your gender just to get a rental property.

This is actually a good idea. If I change from an evil white fella to a powerful dove advert woman I'll get a Palace for peanuts.

Keepaneye · 13-08-2018 07:20PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Identify as a house, then you’ll have somewhere to live.

Excellent, I can say I'm detached without being creepy.

work · 13-08-2018 07:23PM

I'm goin for a kip in me gaf.
He does have a good point it is completely discriminatory however completely understandable. The OP is correct in that there are obvious reasons why a gender is preferred in many things in life and that it is generally seen as discrimination when applied "against" women.
I would say it is a shame for the OP but people may prefer a female to share with. If he is not looking to share then it is obvious discrimination, otherwise just preference.

TheValeyard · 13-08-2018 07:23PM

Keepaneye wrote: »

Excellent, I can say I'm detached without being creepy.

Or that you've got a semi.....

padd b1975 · 13-08-2018 07:43PM

I rent out a couple of rooms from time to time.

I found out very quickly and to the detriment of my mental health that women make the worst tenants.

No exceptions.

Stephen Gawking · 13-08-2018 07:45PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Ring the local radio station and contact the media.
Tell them you are even considering changing your gender just to get a rental property.

No, he should sleep in the public office of a garda station & post it on fb.

Outlaw Pete · 13-08-2018 07:46PM

Same with Swingers Clubs. Singles allowed but females only.

Told them I was a lesbian in a man's body but they wouldn't believe me.

#FemalePrivilege.

veryangryman · 13-08-2018 07:48PM

I guess the norms of society would say that on average the girls are cleaner and less likely to do physical damage.

The ads are discriminatory of course but the owner can choose the tenants so no point wasting someones time.

On a wider level, us men really are on our own in the world and need a thick skin.

Pauliedragon · 13-08-2018 08:14PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Ring the local radio station and contact the media.
Tell them you are even considering changing your gender just to get a rental property.

Some bloke in Canada tried that to get cheaper car insurance. Didnt work though.
https://www.joe.ie/life-style/man-becomes-woman-insurance-635741

Sal Butamol · 13-08-2018 08:19PM

The worst people I've ever had the displeasure of renting to have, without exception, been women.

They say fellas are dirty but my god you should have seen the state of the place after the women holy **** it was unreal

Dirty animals would be a compliment

Shefwedfan · 13-08-2018 08:24PM

Go to Garda station, go to sleep in waiting room and get a mate to take pics,.....fire them up on Facebook and all media outlets

Sit back and wait for a plush new pad, or gaff as you call it

Keepaneye · 13-08-2018 08:47PM

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Go to Garda station, go to sleep in waiting room and get a mate to take pics,.....fire them up on Facebook and all media outlets

Sit back and wait for a plush new pad, or gaff as you call it

A single man lying on a bench in the garda Station doesn't grab headlines or sympathy as evidenced by this thread

Hector Bellend · 13-08-2018 08:49PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Ring the local radio station and contact the media.
Tell them you are even considering changing your gender just to get a rental property.

Alternatively have six kids, have the father run away and then sleep in a garda station.

Lux23 · 14-08-2018 09:31AM

Keepaneye wrote: »

I am currently looking for a gaffe on Daft and nearly everyone is asking for a female only. Why is this practice not frowned upon in the age of equality? Are us men that hard to live with?

Make a complaint about it.

seamus · 14-08-2018 10:26AM

Landlords are not permitted to advertise "females only". If they do turn you down based on your gender, you can take a case under the equal status act and get a free pay day.

These ads are virtually always house-shares, which *are* permitted to be gender-biased (and race, age, etc), because the right to be comfortable in your own home trumps another person's right to equality.

Likewise you'll often see ads that talk about "gay-friendly", etc. Transgender people often won't advertise at all and will rely on word-of-mouth to get housemates that are trans or trans-friendly.

You see "females only" more often than you see "males only" because women make the case that they may feel less safe sharing with a man than a woman. Which is oldschool nonsense misandry of course.
Women also (in my experience) tend to be much more puritanical about their biology and would feel "icky" about sharing a bathroom with a man while being on their period, or if they have a dose of the trots.

These are outdated sexist attitudes that women need to address, but like I say, the right to feel comfortable at home trumps anyone else's equal rights.

steddyeddy · 14-08-2018 10:31AM

I think the current housing shortage makes gender discrimination in the housing market completely unacceptable.

On a side note what happens if they get someone with a y chromosome but who identifies as female applying to be tenant? People who deny people based on their gender are going to find themselves in a difficult situation I imagine.

xi5yvm0owc1s2b · 14-08-2018 10:32AM

Keepaneye wrote: »

I am currently looking for a gaffe on Daft and nearly everyone is asking for a female only.

Can you show us some sample ads, OP?

steddyeddy · 14-08-2018 12:31PM

seamus wrote: »

Landlords are not permitted to advertise "females only". If they do turn you down based on your gender, you can take a case under the equal status act and get a free pay day.

These ads are virtually always house-shares, which *are* permitted to be gender-biased (and race, age, etc), because the right to be comfortable in your own home trumps another person's right to equality.

Likewise you'll often see ads that talk about "gay-friendly", etc. Transgender people often won't advertise at all and will rely on word-of-mouth to get housemates that are trans or trans-friendly.

You see "females only" more often than you see "males only" because women make the case that they may feel less safe sharing with a man than a woman. Which is oldschool nonsense misandry of course.
Women also (in my experience) tend to be much more puritanical about their biology and would feel "icky" about sharing a bathroom with a man while being on their period, or if they have a dose of the trots.

These are outdated sexist attitudes that women need to address, but like I say, the right to feel comfortable at home trumps anyone else's equal rights.

Are you talking about the moral right or legal right to feel comfortable? I can't imagine either applying to tenants not feeling comfortable based on a man/woman's race.

I'm at a uni in the UK and during an open day some kid's parents asked a colleague could her daughter be spared living with Asian girls/boys at the dorms. Does her comfort trump equality? I'm not attacking you just wonder how it could work in practice. Should we indulge everyone's discomfort based on their own views against women, men, jew, gentile or African?

PlaneSpeeking · 14-08-2018 12:37PM

http://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/what-happens-to-supernumbermetoo-when-a-feminist-is-the-accused/ar-BBLU28U?ocid=ientp_edu

Oh it's such a joy when it happens to the idiots themselves!

givyjoe · 14-08-2018 12:40PM

Jayde Clean Machinist wrote: »

Can you show us some sample ads, OP?

Simple, go on daft and use the filter for females (or male) under the ads for sharing.

PlaneSpeeking · 14-08-2018 12:42PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Are you talking about the moral right or legal right to feel comfortable? I can't imagine either applying to tenants not feeling comfortable based on a man/woman's race.

I'm at a uni in the UK and during an open day some kid's parents asked a colleague could her daughter be spared living with Asian girls/boys at the dorms. Does her comfort trump equality? I'm not attacking you just wonder how it could work in practice. Should we indulge everyone's discomfort based on their own views against women, men, jew, gentile or African?

I work in a Uni here and we're often asked by parents things like that.

The worst racism I've seen since being here comes from Saudi men.

Discrimination seems to only apply to women.

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