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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I think that focusing on Yaniv's online persona is a wrong approach. Makes it too easy to dismiss a legitimate dilemma:
- Is it a human right to have your privates waxed by women service providers who don’t want to wax your privates? Yes or no?
- Is it a human right for a service provider to deny services to someone on the basis of their sexual orientation? Yes or no?
Removing references to "your privates" in the second question makes answering the first one not as easy as it seems. |
Here's the problem with your second question, "Sexual orientation" has nothing to do with sex, gender, or genitals. Those are the things in question here.
The real issue here is the disconnect between sex (genitals) and gender identity.
Should someone be refused service based on their gender identity?
Absolutely not.
Is that the case here? Well that's a little more difficult to say.
The issue here isn't gender identity, it's the fact that this person still has biologically male genitals.
Presumably, the waxer is in the business of waxing female genitals.
This person wants male genitals waxed, which is not something this person does in the regular course of business, so I would say this doesn't qualify as a case of discrimination (gender based or otherwise).
Now if this person/company regularly did wax men's genitals, or if they were refusing to wax this woman's armpits or eyebrows, then sure, I would say that meets the criteria for discrimination, but since that's not the case, I would say the person not doing the waxing is in the right here.