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guy wearing eyeliner. discrimination?
I'm 17 years old. Male.
I recently got a job at Sears. I love it. This may sound weird, but I wear eyeliner. I guess I just like it. Anyways. When I wore it to work, my manager told me not to wear it anymore. The next day, I still wore it. He told me that he would make me leave if he saw me wearing eyeliner at work again. He said it isn't "business professional".
To me, this seems like it's prejudice. Women can wear it, but men can't? In the handbook, Sears claims to not discriminate based on gender, but I'm starting to think otherwise.
What should I do? I really want to wear it and express myself at work, but I also need this job.
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Sorry darling, as indignant and righteous as us young people tend to feel over these issues as of late, the courts are against you on this one...
Over and over again courts in the states have held that grooming and appearance standards that apply differently to women and men do not constitute unlawful discrimination. Women may be obligated to wear make-up, skirts or stockings, and men are not. Men may be obligated to keep their hair a certain length; women may not, or be expected to maintain a different length. Men can be obligated to wear ties and women not.
Because make-up and other appearance issues, unlike race, religion, or sexual orientation, are not immutable characteristics and can easily be changed by the employee they are expected to be.
Sears policy is lawful, non-discriminatory, standard of appearance that is part of the expectation of your job. You can either abide by it, ask for a transfer to a department where is does not apply, quit, or be fired.
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your compleately right. It is discrimation ebcsuse if a female could wear it then yous hould be too. You should tell your boss that. Then again it is place and you do have to oblige by his rules. Maybe if you talk to him then you can tell him he's being discriminating and it will change his mind. sorry if i didn't help very much! :S
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Legally, yes, it's gender discrimination, and that overrides any kind of boss's opinion or wishes. But you might want to see it from his point of view. Our society looks down upon anything especially out of the ordinary (unfortunately,) and it is also very judgemental. People could make many right/wrong assumptions about a guy wearing eyeliner, and give the store a bad name. Of course, this is never always the case, but in business, you have to be more 'professional' and not 'expressive.' I would suggest that if your boss insults you or you feel like you've been discriminated, in that he told you he'd fire youif you wore eyeliner anymore, I would talk to someone legal about your rights. Now, I would talk to him and try to find a compromise if that's at all possible.
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Talk to your boss about it. I think you're right. If women are allowed to wear eyeliner, you should be able to also. If other female employees are not allowed to wear it [which I doubt is the case] then obviously you shouldn't be able to either & then it isn't prejudice. Talk to him & ask him why he feels that you shouldn't wear eyeliner if other employees can. If he becomes rude or ignores it, bring up the situation about gender & how you feel you are being discriminated against. Talking to him may put your job in danger because he did tell you not to wear it & might get frusterated with you, but your rights are way more important. You could also talk to your parents, other employees, managers, or even the Sears company themselves.
-hope that helped!♥
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