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Re:Employers Used Facebook to Keep Women and Older Workers f... by llampx on Monday September 30, 2019 @05:43AM (#21113288)
> When I started to study IT, I was surprised to see, that the stereotypes were the majority. Meaning, long, oily hair, etc.

Do you realize how this comment would come off if you were talking about women and judging them for their appearance when they went to school to study something utterly unrelated to appearance?

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Re:Employers Used Facebook to Keep Women and Older Workers f... by hutzlibu on Monday September 30, 2019 @06:00AM (#21113351)
Tell me.

I believe body hygiene is wanted in all professions. (btw. my hair is long, too)

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Re:Employers Used Facebook to Keep Women and Older Workers f... by blaser-waffle on Monday September 30, 2019 @09:08AM (#21114922)
It's wanted in all professions; it's absence is tolerated in some more than others.
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Re:Employers Used Facebook to Keep Women and Older Workers f... by llampx on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @04:57AM (#21134524)
"Long, oily hair" is not really saying anything about body hygiene though.
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