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A court in the U.K. has said calling a man "bald" is sexist. The judge in the court said the word could break equality laws. The judge said this was because the word bald "inherently related to gender". This that because most people who are bald men, it is wrong to use the word against a man. This sex discrimination case after a worker his company to court. The boss called the worker bald. The worker said he an argument with his boss. The boss angrily the worker "bald" and fired him. The worker a case of unfair dismissal in the court. The judge said the word bald was harmful, and that using it sexual harassment.

The court had to if the word bald was simply an insult, or whether it harassment. Lawyers for the boss' company calling a man bald was not sexual harassment. They said that women can also bald. In court, they argued that: "In order to related to sex, it would have to to that sex to the exclusion of the other sex." They said that because women can also be bald, it could not be harassment. A court judge with the boss' lawyers. She said that on a man's baldness the same as a man making comments about parts of a woman's body. The lead judge said the word bald was to gender. He said this was because more men than women are bald.