UK judge rules that baldness is a disability in tax row with wig makers | The groundbreaking judgement found that severe hair loss can ‘adversely affect’ the ability to carry out everyday activities
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/baldness-disability-hair-loss-wigs-glenn-kinsey-b2910348.html
Posted by Sandstorm400
26 Comments
What????
the worst part is people’s cruelty, treating you like a less of a person because of something you did not choose
Like what, brushing your hair?
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A win for George Costanza
Fake or will regret in a year. Just because i am loseing all my hair in 20 I should get the best parking spots? I dont feel great about it but the hair is not the problem its how i look at it. Or will bold people be put in mental hospitals? Jokes aside I feel like I should get a free winter hat every 3-5 years.
All the guys in the comments saying there is no problems with going bald without offering balling (typo: balding) women, and the stigma that brings, a single thought.
Edit: even for men hair loss can be really distressing. Look at the hair loss subs.
Had a mate in the 80s who was completely bald. No body hair at all (so his girlfriend told us).
He said it was great – people tended to give him a wide berth in clubs/pubs.
Note, that this is in the context of wigs for women.
I guess in our society it is a lot easier for men to deal with baldness than for women.
I’m bald and can’t read this
but pads and tampons are still taxed as luxury items
Just for women. Baldness is a disability for women. It’s repeated in the article multiple times, but not in the title.
This is simply to do with certain items being tax exempt due to being disability aids.
People clearly arent reading the article before commenting. Its also predominantly to do with women and hair loss.
People reading the title and not the article, our favourite Reddit comment combos.
At the time I’m writing this comment, there are 22 comments on this post, only one of whom has actually read the article.
People on reddit really can’t read the article before commenting. This ruling only rules that severe baldness is a disability for WOMEN. Not that every bald guy is now disabled.
and here I sit paying 100% out of pocket for my glasses and lenses that I NEED TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD ON A DAILY BASIS.
This is the type of post that reveals how much male-centered Reddit actually is. A lot of comments don’t take into account the greater social stigma balding women, especially if they’re young, face in our societies.
So, here’s my gender discrimination work around:
Bald men first need to self-identify as women so they can then claim tax exemption for a male-styled wig.
Baldness is not a disability. UK has been making up some pretty stupid fucking laws recently.
Ya know, if the well wasn’t so poisoned with anti-trans rhetoric, things like this would already be accepted as gender-affirming care not just being for the sake of transitioning.
I’m sorry but this is fucking ridiculous. No wonder the world thinks the EU is soft and weak. Being “disabled” these days is hard to take seriously anymore. People getting tax payers money when there’s nothing wrong with them.
Haven’t thought this comment through but what about severe ugliness? Is that a disability? I’m a bald man and unknowingly this article is about women but I think severely ugly people struggle with the same.
As a main with a full set of hair I agree that baldness is a huge issue for women.
Much less for men, but it is still a warning signal for your overall health.
only for women. It looks like only women can be affected by baldness, and the millions of men (which are significantly more) that are being bullied, laughed at, judged etc on a daily basis because of their hair loss are not important enough
discrimination at its peak
I’ve seen videos of burns patients and cancer patients being fitted for wigs to boost their self confidence. For some, it’s definitely a disability