Hairdressers: Is the pricing sexist?

OutlawPete · 26-03-2011 04:04PM #1

Just made an appointment to get my hair cut at a well known Dublin establishment for Monday at 4.30pm.

The charge is €25 for a wash cut and blow job dry (Pete has to look good for the ladies).

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

.. but if I was a woman, it would have been €45!

This would appear to be the same at most Unisex saloons, should it be stopped?

Now, I know what you're gonna say (apart from 'go to the Barber you've caught the ghey') - you're gonna say that women have longer hair then men - but that is not necessary so. Granted, my hair is not Jon Bon Jovi's length (anymore that is

) but it's a few inches in length all over and many women have far shorting haircuts these days.

So, are they sexist? Should hairdressers be forced to stop displaying different prices for men and for women and maybe have prices for differing length instead? Afterall, the car insurance situation has now been rectified, should this follow suit? Cause I believe it should.

OutlawPete - fighting sexism since 1987.
School principal: "You're not Jon Bon Jovi - either get your hair cut, or don't come in on Monday."
Me: "No way, it's sexism!".
School principal: "Wear it in a pony tail and we'll allow it".
OutlawPete: "I'll have it cut on Monday Sir!.

Nodin · 26-03-2011 04:06PM

Presumably its all the sprays and stuff they used on the wimmin....

Hande hoche! · 26-03-2011 04:06PM

The wimmin folk get the better small talk.

Gunsfortoys · 26-03-2011 04:06PM

Blast them with piss.

Coriolanus · 26-03-2011 04:08PM

Women have longer hair.

Oh, and go to a barbers ffs, nancyboy.:roll:

Raze_them_all · 26-03-2011 04:12PM

OutlawPete wrote: »

Just made an appointment to get my hair cut at a well known Dublin establishment today at 4.30pm.

The charge is €25 for a wash cut and blow job dry (Pete has to look good for the ladies).

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

.. but if I was a woman, it would have been €45!

Now, I know what you're gonna say (apart from 'go to the Barber you've caught the ghey') - you're gonna say that women have longer hair then men - but that is not necessary so. Granted, my hair is not Jon Bon Jovi's length (anymore that is ) but it's a few inches in length all over and many women have far shorting haircuts these days.

So, are they sexist?

Should hairdressers be forced to stop displaying different prices for men and for women and maybe have prices for differing length instead?

Cause I believe they should.

OutlawPete - fighting sexism since 1987. School principal: "You're not Jon Bon Jovi - either get your hair cut, or don't come in on Monday."[/SIZE

Jaysus shut up will ya, they'll just jack the prices up those hairdressers. Though I go to a barber, a man that cuts mans hair. Never paid more than 10e

WoollyRedHat · 26-03-2011 04:13PM

Be a model, you'll get it cheaper. Oh and wash your hair at home! Then make a profit, by selling your hair.

TanG411 · 26-03-2011 04:14PM

Female hairdressers are beautiful.

joshrogan · 26-03-2011 04:15PM

Go to barber college and get it cut for free.

ejmaztec · 26-03-2011 04:17PM

Wimmin seem to think that spending a lot of money means that they're going to look good, and hairdressers aren't going to tell them otherwise.

I get charged €10 for a haircut, done by a plump lady with tattoos, whose bingo-wings bounce off the back of my head (or are they tits, it's hard to tell?).

OutlawPete · 26-03-2011 04:20PM

Raze_them_all wrote: »

Jaysus shut up will ya, they'll just jack the prices up those hairdressers.

No, I'll not be silenced :mad:

Oh_Noes · 26-03-2011 04:21PM

The wimmin folk are indeed hairier. If you were mowing lawns for a living, surely you'd charge more money to cut more grass.

Raze_them_all · 26-03-2011 04:22PM

OutlawPete wrote: »

No, I'll not be silenced :mad:

*puts outlaw pete on ignore list* meh seem silenced pretty easy :pac:

ElaElaElano · 26-03-2011 04:23PM

I cut my own hair, it's great fun. And free. And then I can tell myself to fúck off, I'm not going on any fúcking holidays and yes, the weather is shocking- without upsetting anyone. Except myself.

Also, as an aside, is there any actual difference between getting cut at a hairdressers and a barbers'? Remember years ago David Beckscum paid something like a grand for someone to do his blade 2 all over.

Raze_them_all · 26-03-2011 04:25PM

ElaElaElano wrote: »

I cut my own hair, it's great fun. And free. And then I can tell myself to fúck off, I'm not going on any fúcking holidays and yes, the weather is shocking- without upsetting anyone. Except myself.

Also, as an aside, is there any actual difference between getting cut at a hairdressers and a barbers'? Remember years ago David Beckscum paid something like a grand for someone to do his blade 2 all over.

Proper men talk and mens magazines. totally worth the 15 e saving if ya ask me

Mint Sauce · 26-03-2011 04:27PM

Buy yourself a set of clippers Pete. At your rate you'll have them paid for before one cut.

Nodin · 26-03-2011 04:27PM

Oh_Noes wrote: »

The wimmin folk are indeed hairier. If you were mowing lawns for a living, surely you'd charge more money to cut more grass.

Indeed. And as they are the only creature in the universe known to provoke themselves and then wait to take it out on others, there is the danger factor to be considered.

super_furry · 26-03-2011 04:30PM

Those pink Nissan Micras don't pay for themselves you know.

Chuchoter · 26-03-2011 04:30PM

No, it's quite understandable and I shall explain why!

I can understand charging higher prices for long hair styles on women because it takes longer to cut and dry and stuff, but I have shorter hair than most boys I know and I'm still stuck paying higher prices than them purely by virtue of me being a girl. I wish barbers did girls hair and you wouldn't get funny looks, I'd be in there every week and they would probably do it better (If I say short, Ms Hairdresser, I mean short, I do not mean 2mm off my current length to keep it 'feminine').

:mad:

Raze_them_all · 26-03-2011 04:34PM

crayolastereo wrote: »

I can understand charging higher prices for long hair styles on women because it takes longer to cut and dry and stuff, but I have shorter hair than most boys I know and I'm still stuck paying higher prices than them purely by virtue of me being a girl. I wish barbers did girls hair and you wouldn't get funny looks, I'd be in there every week and they would probably do it better (If I say short, Ms Hairdresser, I mean short, I do not mean 2mm off my current length to keep it 'feminine'). :mad:

Tbh i'd say if you went in and said it to one they probably would

OutlawPete · 26-03-2011 04:35PM

Oh_Noes wrote: »

If you were mowing lawns for a living, surely you'd charge more money to cut more grass.

Missing the point there.

Let's take two recent pics of Alyssa Milano and Johnny Depp.

If they were both in Dublin today, Toni & Guy, Peter Mark etc etc would charge Alysssa maybe €50 to get her *short* hair trimmed, while Johhny Depp would be charged half that to get his *long* hair cut.

Sexist I tells ya.

Chuchoter · 26-03-2011 04:35PM

No, it's quite understandable and I shall explain why!

First posted by Raze_them_all
Tbh i'd say if you went in and said it to one they probably would

I do! I bring like 10 photos because I know I suck at explaining what I want! Basically I'm stuck in Alyssa Milano's position, thats nearly the exact hair I have:mad:

--LOS-- · 26-03-2011 05:11PM

Does longer necessarily make it harder to cut? I don't think so, it's more about the style, if you're just getting straight long hair trimmed that easy peasy, shouldn't have to pay more for that. Some places have a price if you're getting a new style and then a cheaper price for just a trim which seems more fair.

stupidusername · 26-03-2011 05:22PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

Wimmin seem to think that spending a lot of money means that they're going to look good, and hairdressers aren't going to tell them otherwise.

which brings me to my recent issue. what is with all these girls shaving one side of their heads?

you look awful!

Chuchoter · 26-03-2011 05:31PM

No, it's quite understandable and I shall explain why!

stupidusername wrote: »

which brings me to my recent issue. what is with all these girls shaving one side of their heads? you look awful!

Rihanna does funny things to people, same with all these girls their hair that mad shade of red. Didn't even look good on Rihanna herself

OutlawPete · 26-03-2011 08:36PM

I knew I should have started this in tLL.

You people make me weep.

UsernameInUse · 26-03-2011 08:37PM

I stopped going to barbers years ago. I now cut my own hair - I bought a shaver and I must have saved over 20k.

phasers · 26-03-2011 08:37PM

They do have different prices for different lengths.

moonflower · 26-03-2011 09:11PM

I have short hair so this p*sses me off a lot. They should really charge for the amount of time it takes, it would make much more sense.

jester77 · 26-03-2011 09:24PM

The women don't seem to mind too much, otherwise hairdressers wouldn't get away with charging those prices. If they were to charge men those prices then they would never get us in the door. Women are a bit gullible when it comes to these things, have you ever seen how much they are willing to pay for a little tub of cream, it's laughable and something I don't think us men will ever understand.

Aishae · 26-03-2011 09:34PM

oh i mind
my hair is generally jaw length - sometimes a bit longer - as hair grows you know :P i try to leave it as long as possible before cutting. the price... if i refused to pay to get it cut id be a bit stuck cos theres not much 1 person can do although if we all boycot them....
so i get my father to do it most of the time. he does my mothers as shes housebound. all i have to do as payment is stick the kettle on. phew. cant always ask the poor sod though.

its shocking that you have to pay 40/50 quid for a stinking trim too.

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