Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Very interesting...and not so shtupid

A German man lost his lawsuit to get the government to pay for his toupee. The man claimed the government was discriminating against men by refusing to pay for toupees while covering the cost of wigs for women. The court pointed out how common it is for a man to go bald compared to a woman, and noted that a bald woman would be more likely to be ostracized for being bald than a man.

So now I have to ask you, my loyal readers (both of you), what do you think would happen if this situation arose in the States? What if, instead of a middle-aged man, a younger man went prematurely bald (due to illness, stress, or who knows)?

1 Comments:

At 10:19 AM, Blogger Robin Bradford said...

I wonder. I do believe, with all of the entertainer types that have gone bald on purpose (Michael Chiklis, Michael Jordan...) that the result might be the same. However, I don't believe that women would get their wigs paid for either.

 

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