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RockRaven

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11. While I think "personal belief" exemptions like those the current US SCOTUS finds palatable

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 01:17 AM

Oct 2019

are utter BS... the OP's blurb indicates the tribunal found this to be an issue of training (and consent).

I am very, very, very much in favor of lack-of-competence/training/familiarity exemptions. People should not be doing things they are not competent to do because of otherwise-legitimate social and legal pressure not to discriminate against protected classes.

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Estheticians don't have to wax male genitalia against their will, B.C. tribunal rules [View all] OnlinePoker Oct 2019 OP

The tribunal made the right decision. I am glad they saw that the women in this profession have emmaverybo Oct 2019 #1

EW.......... LeftInTX Oct 2019 #2

My girlfriend gets one Polybius Oct 2019 #4

I'm almost 63 and buy bathing suits that look like sarongs...LOL LeftInTX Oct 2019 #5

Lol! Polybius Oct 2019 #23

I totally agree with this ruling Polybius Oct 2019 #3

Now I'll have to cancel my Friday appointment, I was really looking forward to my first Brazilian. braddy Oct 2019 #6

So if a male customer asked for a waxing of their genitalia would they be denied? OUCH! YOHABLO Oct 2019 #7

No, they'd be directed to waxers trained for male genitalia. Female & male genitalia v different. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2019 #22

Like gluten-free v non gluten free wedding cakes are different LanternWaste Oct 2019 #26

this is totally like not having to bake cakes for gay couples, right? certainot Oct 2019 #8

While I normally avoid this comment... GulfCoast66 Oct 2019 #9

I can't even... n/t TygrBright Oct 2019 #10

While I think "personal belief" exemptions like those the current US SCOTUS finds palatable RockRaven Oct 2019 #11

+1. Baking a cake is baking a cake no matter who you are doing in for. meadowlander Oct 2019 #12

Well, regardless of client gender, I file this under "WORST JOBS EVER" hlthe2b Oct 2019 #13

But some days it can be the best job ever Polybius Oct 2019 #24

Wax on Bob Loblaw Oct 2019 #14

Glad the workers have choices in this matter IronLionZion Oct 2019 #15

The advertising for the estheticians' shop just writes itself, doesn't it? Glorfindel Oct 2019 #16

Why would you not do that yourself? Hotler Oct 2019 #17

Have you ever tried? MrsCoffee Oct 2019 #19

Is BC like PC? milestogo Oct 2019 #18

Or BC like more than 2000 years ago. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2019 #20

Just someone trying to use the legal system christx30 Oct 2019 #21

Saw him interviewed on tv... VarryOn Oct 2019 #25

You may think that the person is disgusting and wrong Cal Carpenter Oct 2019 #27

Yaniv is a creep. Sapient Donkey Oct 2019 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Sophia_Of_PlanetX Oct 2019 #29