Are ladies nights discriminatory against men?

[rah]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
However at those places women's hair and clothes require more work, therefore the higher price. There is an important distinction.

My stylist spends as much time on my hair as most of his woman client. He says there is no difference 90% of the time. And he said there are a few men that are harder than women.

There is no difference drycleaning a 100% cotton blouse vs. a 100% cotton shirt. Yet the blouse is more expensive.

[Solly]

"My stylist spends as much time on my hair as most of his woman client. He says there is no difference 90% of the time."

Women like to pay a price premium that says nothing about the quality of a product but only about their relative status among other females.

They like men who do the same as well. See flash cars, for example.

[Japher]

rah: most men, however, don't go to a stylist

[Solly]

"My stylist spends as much time on my hair as most of his woman client. He says there is no difference 90% of the time."

And does that say more about the inefficiencies/inequalities in the hairdressing market, or about Rah's hair?

[GePap]

Women do get charged more for the same things as men such as clothing and hair stylyng, and this is doen ebcuase men are less willing to pay higher prices: women are not. Far fewer men would accept 50 dolar haircuts than women, far less 90 dolar haircuts.

As for ladies night: while I can see where the suit comes form, it silly. Obviously it is an attempt by bars to increase their customer base by trying to lure women, who are far less inclined to go anyway, in. BY having more women, you hope you get more horny men too, and thus, you win. I can't see how a "white's night" would serve the same economic basis.

[C0ckney]

i mean seriously, i've seen your haircut rah, if he spends about the same time on men and women, just imagine what the women must come out like

[Solly]

Is Rah still a mod? I can't remember, he never does anything..anyway, if he is, I wouldn't expect to be a Prince for much longer.

[Dis]

well to be fair, they should charge per strands of hair cut, not by gender.

Women on average have more hair than men- it is almost always thicker and longer.

therefore they should have to pay more.

I would like them to devise some system of measuring how much hair is cut off (maybe weigh the hair on a sensitive scale). Because I don't think men who are nearly bald should have to pay the same price as some hippy with hair halfway down his back .

[Ben Kenobi]

It's one of those things...

Yes it is dscriminatory for the women to be charged a different price than the men for the same service. However, why complain if you are the men? I would say the benefit of having more women in the club would far outweigh the detriment of having to pay higher prices.

Secondly, no one forces the men to frequent the particular nightclub. If they don't like the different prices for men and women, then they are free to go elsewhere.

[rah]

Originally posted by Boddington's
Is Rah still a mod? I can't remember, he never does anything..anyway, if he is, I wouldn't expect to be a Prince for much longer.

Unlike you, most people heed my warnings, so there is no need to do anything more.
If you would like the obligatory ban, I'd be happy to oblige you.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Okay, I'll grant from the start that the suit originates from guys with too much time on their hands and too little sense of what Ladies Night is for (my theory? Their Xboxes are broken). I'm just going to play Devil's Advocate here. The thing is, from a legal standpoint, the motive for Ladies Night doesn't matter. What matters is the outcome, which is a difference in the price for the same goods and services, based on the gender of the person purchasing the goods and services. So, here's the question:

If a downtown nightclub near you had a "whites night," during which white people got free admission to the club and cheaper drinks, would that be discriminatory? Because it's the same thing.

Yes, it would be discriminatory, but I think everyone should have the right to discriminate. To discriminate is to choose, and I want to live in a world in which I can make my own choices thank you very much.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Boddington's


And does that say more about the inefficiencies/inequalities in the hairdressing market, or about Rah's hair?

I'll leave it for you to decide...

[Japher]

I think women should get in free everywhere they go, and me of course...

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Okay, I'll grant from the start that the suit originates from guys with too much time on their hands and too little sense of what Ladies Night is for (my theory? Their Xboxes are broken). I'm just going to play Devil's Advocate here. The thing is, from a legal standpoint, the motive for Ladies Night doesn't matter. What matters is the outcome, which is a difference in the price for the same goods and services, based on the gender of the person purchasing the goods and services. So, here's the question:

If a downtown nightclub near you had a "whites night," during which white people got free admission to the club and cheaper drinks, would that be discriminatory? Because it's the same thing.

This would be to increase the number of whites attending the club right? Would it be fair to say that the club would do this because the nonwhites were complaining about the fact that there weren't enough whites at the club? Would the club have "Whites Night" then in an attempt to increase the likelihood of a non-white to "pick-up" a white person, thereby appeasing the non-whites who frequent the club? Woukld the aftermath of this White Night be a bunch of chalky looking folks lying around in gutters complaining about the pains in their body parts? Gee, I don't know if anyone is really going to complain about this.

[Dom Pedro II]

Against my better judgement, I'll just say: Maybe the people at this non-white bar are hoping to score with some white women, so they lure in white couples, beat the hell out of the men, and have their way with the women...