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Calling men ‘bald’ at work now considered sexual harassment in the UK

Insulting a man for being bald in the workplace amounts to sex harassment in the UK, a panel of balding judges have ruled, according to a report Thursday.

Hair loss is far more common among men than women, so using the term is inherently related to sex and equivalent to commenting on the size of a woman s breasts,  the employment tribunal said, according to the UK Telegraph.

The finding  made by three judges who lament their own lack of locks in the judgment  came in the case of an electrician, Tony Finn, who sued a small Yorkshire-based family business over the term.

via nypost.com

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