Now on gender stuff...

[greenie_breizh]

P.S. This metaquote just reminded me: anyone has a clue in this day and age of so-called gender equality hairdressers still justify charging women more than men, regardless of actual hair length

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[themegs]

The last time I went for a haircut, I went with my boyfriend to his barber because my hair is long and straight, just past my shoulders, and all I wanted was a couple inches off. Took the barber less than two minutes to wet my hair and snip it, while he spent a good 20 minutes shaping my boyfriend's short hair. My haircut cost more. I cut my own hair now.

[greenie_breizh]

Argh. That makes no sense. I don't get why nobody's ever sued for discrimination.

[greenie_breizh]

...dude. This has GOT to have been outlawed in one of the cool countries like the Netherlands or somewhere. Someone needs to sue for discrimination - there's NO good excuse for this.

[beyondrubicon]

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."

It's from the Declaration of Independence aka our big Eff You to England. Attempts to make it more PC claim that men = human race rather then equaling those of the male gender. Much as I love Thomas Jefferson (who wrote it) I'm not sure I can swallow that.

ETA: The Declaration of Independence isn't really a Federal document the way the Constitution is. It was written to formally announce our separation from England and doesn't carry any weight in forming laws or legally protecting anyone. It's more of a historic document of great significance at this point.

[greenie_breizh]

So you have that in the Declaration which is really more a declaration of good faith than anything (like you said, it has no legal weight), and then certain states have hate crimes laws and that's it?

I'm asking because in Canada for example they have the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Human Rights Code which are both federal pieces of legislation which specifically protected minority groups, and I couldn't think of any equivalent in the U.S., but it seems weird you wouldn't have any...

[beyondrubicon]

We have the Bill of Rights in the Constitution which is an amendable list of rights granted to every American citizen (Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, right to bear arms, right to due process, etc).

Amendment XV states that no one can be denied their rights because of race or color and Amendment XIX gave women the right to vote and that's about as far as that goes.

The rest is up to each individual state to adopt their constitution dictating the rights and privileges of legal citizens of that state.

[greenie_breizh]

Woah, so it is just race and religion that are officially protected then; at least at the federal level. That's so weird.