I don't think a business should be able to legally exclude someone based on gender, but at the same time, I don't think it is wrong to promote a business as providing a service specifically for a particular gender and that most reasonable people should be respectful of it.
The barber shop workers should have just rolled their eyes given her a haircut.
My sister was excluded from a "black" hair dresser before in Toronto (not that it was openly advertised as that of course). We walked in and when she asked if she could get a haircut, the hairdresser gave her a dirty look and said; "We don't cut your kind of hair here.". It was really rude. I would have understood if they said that they typically cut African hair and weren't confident that they could do a good job on her, but the disgusting look they gave her and the way she said it was uncalled for.
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