Snips won't sell a feminine wig to a man

Filan

Just rang them and this is what they told me. Any idea why?

simu

Say it's for yore ma.

I have no idea really. Did you ask them?

stovelid

Go in with a female friend to buy it, I guess.

Filan

Thanks..felt a little discriminated against to be honest...had heard that they specificaly don't cater for Transgender...(for what reason I don't know)...and well probably considered me a variation of that. How does one define a feminine wig anyway? Could I perhaps get a long haired mans wig and have it cut?
Best wishes to all,
Alan

Rb

I'm fairly confident that they're obliged to sell you whatever wig you want by law.

Kintarō Hattori

rb_ie wrote:

I'm fairly confident that they're obliged to sell you whatever wig you want by law.

I agree.

RainyDay

rb_ie wrote:

I'm fairly confident that they're obliged to sell you whatever wig you want by law.

Nearly right - They're not obliged to sell you anything. But it is a breach of the Equal Status legislation for them to discriminate based on gender or sexual preference. Contact the Equality AUthority if you want to take it further.

Filan

Thanks..I'll visit their store in person first...and if the same attitude prevails I will then consider pursuing it further.

artnotort

you probably take them to court and buy a lifetime of wigs with the compensation.

Filan

It's apparently an established fact that they specificly don't cater for Transgender...I wonder why exactly that is? Are they afraid that it might lower their credibility and bring 'undesirable sections of the nation' there? It isn't that important to me...I can live without a wig...but there is still a sense of discrimination...

RainyDay

I guess their rationale is that the majority of their female customers may well be uncomfortable at the best of times when buying a wig (chemotherapy, alupecia etc) and this discomfort may be heightened if they find themselves surrounded by men. I'm saying that this discomfort is right, but it probably is reality.

olaola

I'd say the wigs ain't cheap... and at the end of the day a sale is a sale.
I'm quite shocked that they refused to sell them to you!

louisecm

I'm really shocked at that policy! In principle its just plain wrong, and they should definitely be taken to task over it, but in terms of you getting your wig in the short term, you could always just bring a girl with you? You shouldn't have to, obviously. Bastards.

Filan

Yes I can understand that rationale...that Transgender and T.V. clients could unfortunately unsettle others..well possibily in some circumstances. For the record I'm not personally transgender although I have had a quite a lot of interaction with that community. Feminine undoubtbly but my body is very much male and I don't see the need to alter it..apart from the nuisnace that is facial hair! I have asked myself the question of whether I'm T-V...but think labels can be misleading...how does one after all define a T-V? Is it a woman who wears a shirt and tie? Is it a guy who wears eye shadow?...many many shades of grey....

microgirl

I am really shocked, and have to deeply, deeply apologise because I believe it was me who sent you there.

I was absolutely certain that they catered sensitively to transgendered, or at least TVs. I was even sure I'd been told that they have private fitting rooms (which would also make sense for women suffering severe alopecia for whatever reason as many of those would not like to be seen by anyone else without a head-covering of some sort). I was obviously very, very wrong, and I can't understand how I got so completely skewed an idea, unless it's simply that in the intervening 6 years or so that management and policy has changed, which I suppose is possible.

But it's also possible that I just got completely the wrong end of the stick, and that my memory played a horrible trick on me

I was so certain though, which is why I didn't even say things like "I think..." and "As far as I remember..."

I can't apologise enough, and I have no idea why they wouldn't sell any sort of wig to whoever wanted to buy it, whether they go so far as to "cater specifically" or not. After all, a customer is a customer.

Rb

Filan wrote:

It's apparently an established fact that they specificly don't cater for Transgender...I wonder why exactly that is? Are they afraid that it might lower their credibility and bring 'undesirable sections of the nation' there? It isn't that important to me...I can live without a wig...but there is still a sense of discrimination...

"Established fact" doesn't overrule the law. Take it further, report them and kick up an almighty fuss over it.

Sangre

Its a private business, they don't have to sell you anything.

axer

Sangre wrote:

Its a private business, they don't have to sell you anything.

but they still cannot discriminate which is clearly what they are doing.

artnotort

i'm no expert but do wigs not have to made different sizes for men in contrast to women.

Nevyn

Men's head tend to be bigger.

Filan

I'm no expert either but my uneducated guess would be that on 'On average men are bigger than women..heads included'..but only on average..there is some petite men..there is some larger women.

I made enquiries some time ago with a hairdresser in Limerick and they said they would order me one...only snag is that they don't have them on the premises to try on..only to order...a friend with alopecia uses the salon in question