[REPOST] Woman says she started wearing ‘terrible wigs’ after work banned her pink hair
thelondoneconomic.com
cross-posted from: https://rabbitea.rs/post/280182
I think this is appropriate here!
‘I am a self-expressive person and I feel very confident with pink hair so I came up with a solution to keep the job and my hair’
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A job shouldn't force you to modify your body in any capacity
Can I be full on nudist then?
fwiw I think pink hair should be perfectly fine but there are some rules with dress that are a good idea. I don't care if you wear a dress, slacks or have rainbow hair but generally I prefer people I do business with to wear stuff.
Then there's food safety. Things like hair nets and prohibiting certain jewelry and outfits in food processing plants is another example of when sometimes it's ok to limit personal expression for the sake of others'. A server though? No such reason. Maybe a hair net if they brought food to your table or were also a chef.
Literally none of the things you listed here count as modifying your body? As a reply to "nobody should have to arbitrarily change their body for their employer," "sometimes there are practical clothing and equipment requirements" is practically a non-sequitur.
Which is cool, except the subject of this entire thread has nothing to do with modifying body parts so it's also fair for the responder to be referring to attire rather than actual body modification.
So, would you let your boss shave your head because that was the 'dress code'?
That is exactly what happens when one enlists in the U.S. military. Dress codes are a thing, and legitimate.
If that was the dress code when I signed up to the job then absolutely, that's what I signed up for. If they changed the dress code however then I will challenge that.