Thread: All women should be banned from barbershops!!

Don't know about the men only bit but it's the £24 a trim that frightens me!

Originally Posted by rlmnshvstr8

Now look at this. She comes in at the start saying she was looking for a present for her bf and now she is following along in the forums soon she will just get her own supplies start shaving straight or DE and going to meet ups. Good for you. Be careful, it's a rabbit hole and addictive sticking around us wet shavers. LOL

I know, it's easy to get sucked in! I've spend an insane amount of time looking at straight razors lately.

There are meetups?!

Originally Posted by shooter74743

This reminds me of a big publicity stunt some guy tried when he felt that the Hooter's chain of restaurants were discriminating and wouldn't hire men for their wait staff. In the end, he won out...however he had to wear the "uniform" of the Hooters girls: panty hose, the shorty shorts, and the Hooter's white t-shirts. He never went to work at Hooter's and just made himself look like a fool.

He never went to work?? That entirely defeats the purpose! I guarantee people would've come to see him. lol

Originally Posted by onimaru55

What's the point of banning women from a shop that doesn't cut women's hair ? Rhetorical question.

That was kind of my point. Realistically, how many women are there gonna be to turn away? He was just making a point.... and then got tampons thrown at his store.

Originally Posted by thegirlfriend

I know, it's easy to get sucked in! I've spend an insane amount of time looking at straight razors lately.

There are meetups?!

I feel the force is strong with this one. Oh padiwan, there is still much to learn and meetups I hear are the best to learn at. I think we got her hooked. Now let's reel her in. BWAHAHAHA!

I go to Savilles in Sheffield occasionally and I must say I don't see the point of banning women, some of the staff are young lasses who do great work, including straight shave with shavette. I admit if I wanted to read a book or something while waiting for a girlfriend would get bit peeved if I was asked to leave. I find a good barbers to be a mans version of getting pampered. Hot towels, scented shaving soap etc. Doesn't degrade the atmosphere to have a couple of lasses waiting for their lads; for me anyway. But then many men feel they need to keep their manly lumberjack mystique, and may feel that if their women see them enjoying a pampering they might lose it. Think banning them may be going too far. All to their own anyway, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

But then where will the barberettes ply their trade?

Originally Posted by thegirlfriend

That was kind of my point. Realistically, how many women are there gonna be to turn away? He was just making a point.... and then got tampons thrown at his store.

Mom's with sons, that's who.

Can I take this to the next level gents? I was at a nightclub on Friday and it was getting a bit late. The usual queue to the women’s toilets was there and as a bloke I just walked into the gents thinking how lucky I am to be of the male gender. There was a call from the women’s queue "any cubicles empty"? The shout went round to cover up, we all just faced the other way and she went into the cubicle. We repeated the process when she told us she was finished. There was a bit of jeering, some of the other desperate girls got the idea and so it started. In my opinion this is the downfall of the last truly male bastion in our society. I think that there are some things the male psyche just does not care about and women do, vive la différence.

Originally Posted by wyobarbershop

You know, I own a traditional barber shop and I believe that it's important to welcome all types of people no matter what gender, color or creed. This "old school" fad is going a bit far IMHOP. In general my shop is masculine and the conversation there is wide open no matter what age, sex, color, creed but I have female customers and even a female barber who works with me. That's just how I roll. On the other hand I applaud this dude in the UK for preserving what he thinks is right. Hawleywood out in Cali, he's the same type of cat! No broads is #1 on his list of shop rules. Funny but kind of crazy.

Good for you!! There is no place in our society any longer for this kind of thinking.