Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) – The fact that women usually have to pay significantly more at the hairdresser than men wants to prohibit the Stuttgart FDP youngsters by law. “We Young Liberals in Baden-Württemberg are calling for an explicit law that prohibits the pricing of services directly and indirectly based on gender and that obliges prices to be gender-independent,” says a motion by the Stuttgart district association of July for the digital state congress next Sunday (May 17). . July).
That the application “Gender pricing: And what do you pay for your haircut?” According to a spokesman on Sunday, it is not certain because of the large number of applications submitted. “It is therefore not an official requirement of the national association.” The “Bild” newspaper (Saturday) had previously reported on it.
The application refers to a study by the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, according to which 89 percent of hairdressers offer different prices for women and men for the same short haircuts. Women paid an average of 12.50 euros more.
The young liberals argue in the motion that service providers regularly discriminate against people on the basis of gender in everyday life. “It is also questionable with what right service providers judge the gender of their customers, on the basis of which the price for a gender-neutral service is decided.”
Uwe Volz, foreman of the Stuttgart region hairdressers’ guild, said the “Bild”: “The demand is insane! Women have longer hair, washing and cutting it usually takes three quarters of an hour. Men are done after half an hour.”
