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Men forced to wear ties discriminatory?
posted by Adam on Thursday March 13, @06:49PM
from the Inequality dept.
Inequality Dittohd writes "Here's the latest on the complaint in England by a man fighting against the forced wearing of ties with no corresponding dress code for women: http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/n ews/2003/03/12/ntie12.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/03/12/ ixnewstop.html/news/2003/03/12/ntie12.xml"

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A Small Victory, But............ (Score:2)
by Luek on Thursday March 13, @07:22PM EST (#1)
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Good for Mr. Thompson!

It is a small victory but at least it broke a mind set gender barrier and stereotype concerning men.

Now to get those femitwits registered for the draft, pay exorbitant child support, give men post conception choice that all women have enjoyed since Roe vs. Wade (1973!), receive serious jail time for statutory rape of underage males or for making false accusations of rape, get the death sentense for killing their male partner or husband.....etc. It is good to be empowered! :)
"say it again, Sam..." (Score:0)
by Anonymous User on Friday March 14, @01:01PM EST (#2)
Like I said before.
"If women were forced to wear corsettes the argument of "sexism" would be obvious."

    Thundercloud.
Tieless (Score:1)
by dave100254 on Friday March 14, @06:38PM EST (#3)
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Interesting! I wonder what gender the people were that decided that men had to wear a collar and tie, while leaving the code for women relaxed? At least he won't have to worry about getting his tie caught in the copier!
Only in England... (Score:1)
by incredibletulkas on Monday March 17, @03:34AM EST (#4)
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Having had nothing but bad experience with the American legal system, I was particularly impressed with the following line from this report:

"He [Thompson] claimed compensation for injury to his feelings after claiming that his human rights were breached."

Unfortunately, the American legal system, which is run by and for lawyers, is very far behind the British in terms of providing real or equal justice, since American courts tend to abuse discretion at will, ignoring the law and throwing out such valid claims as "frivelous," without cause, one whim--assuming one has the means to even file a claim; Great Britain spends 50 times as much on legal aid as the American system.

  I think that if an American man "claimed compensation for injury to his feelings after claiming that his human rights were breached," he wouldn't be given the time of day by the court, with a judge making some self-serving rationalization about this or that.
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