Women No Longer A Cut Above
Sun Herald
Sunday April 21, 2002
THE fight for equality has entered the hairdresser's, with a leading salon group making men's and women's haircuts the same price.
Toni & Guy salons have done away with pricing on a gender basis and introduced a flat fee for basic styling services. Men and women pay $72 for a stylist cut and blow dry and $89 for an art director cut and blow dry.
The move follows a Victorian case lodged against Melbourne hairdresser Edward Beale.
In August, 2000, travel consultant Amanda Atkins claimed she was charged $56 for a haircut while men were charged $38 for a similar cut. Mr Beale was forced to remove references to women's and men's prices.
© 2002 Sun Herald
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