'It's sexual harassment to call a man'bald',' a British court ruled

In the Old Testament ' Books of Kings ', there is an episode in which the prophet Elisha , who was angry at the fact that the children had been accused of 'bald head, spill', had two bears attack the children. As has been said, thinning hair has been a major problem for men since ancient times and is a seed of the complex. The British Employment Court ruled that 'calling a man'bald'may be classified as sexual harassment.'

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Calling a man bald counts as sexual harassment, UK judge rules
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The trial was 'bald c --- (bald c ---) when plaintiff Tony Finn was fired from a factory that manufactures brewing tar, which had been working as an electrician for about 24 years. He demanded a consolation fee because he was threatened by being accused of being bald.

The judges acknowledged that the C-word itself contained in the problem statement was a vulgar word, but said that 'the use of these words was common in the factory and the plaintiffs themselves used them frequently in the workplace.' Therefore, the use of C word itself is not a problem.

On the other hand, the judges argue that baldness is more common in men than in women, citing their own experiences. I considered the word bald to be related to the 'sexuality to be protected'.

In addition, the judges compared 'calling men bald' and 'commenting women about breast size' based on past precedents, 'in our judgment, working in this factory. Although the wording of the person was commonplace, Mr. King made a personal statement about the plaintiff's appearance and crossed the line. '

Eventually, court judges said that King's 'bald c ---' was an infringement of plaintiff's dignity, to create an intimidating environment for plaintiffs, and was also related to plaintiffs' gender. We decided that Mr. King's remarks corresponded to sexual harassment.

It is said that Mr. Finn, who was accused of baldness, won the case and will be paid a compensation fee from the former workplace, but the amount of the compensation fee is unknown at the time of writing the article.