UK: Man told store job 'for women only'

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2009-11-01 20:03

Story here. Excerpt:

'A JOB-SEEKER claims he was refused the chance to apply for a job because of his sex.

Former construction worker Rob Stevens was told there was "little point" applying for a part-time sales assistant position at Hobbs womenswear because he is a man.
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His wife, Sally, 41, said: "My husband went into Hobbs to pick up an application form and was asked who the form was for.

"When he replied that it was for himself, he was told that there would be little point as they normally employ women.

"When he said that this was discrimination, he was asked to leave the shop.

"The Hobbs website says they are an equal opportunities employer – this is clearly not the case."'

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He told the pigs to their faces that it was discrimination. We need this to be done more often.

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Mon, 2009-11-02 05:06

I agree, good for him standing up for his rights, but really he will achieve nothing and this will change nothing. Even if men started applying at every women's store in the country, the only outcome would be CNN talking about the rise in the number of perverts and the need to add them all to the sex offender registry.

A good gesture for sure, but I do not think it would lead to any settlements or policy changes.

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Submitted by Paragon on Mon, 2009-11-02 12:01

Even if it makes just one person raise their eyebrows.

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Mon, 2009-11-02 20:22