![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. And now, as the barriers fall, men are finally beginning to have access to care at any “salon” in town, Blatchford be damned. Mantoes, rough and damaged by the ravages of hard toil, and ragged male fingernails broken at the wheel of work, are equally entitled to care. For centuries we men have put our finger and toe nails at risk on a daily basis, only to be prohibited by social custom from visiting so-called “salons” that have too long been dominated by women. Look at the hard physical work, the heavy lifting, assigned to men - construction, fishers, lumber jacks, gold miners, oil rig operators, high-rise window washers, ditch diggers, newspaper columnists. There is also the yet-to-be-revealed fact that, when it comes to manicures and pedicures, it is men who are in greatest need and entitlement. Female exclusivity? You’ve gotta be kidding me. It is a service to Man with a capital M, implying members of both sexes of the huMAN race. As the word itself implies, it is a MANicure, referencing the fact that at minimum the word applies to women and men. I’m sure if you checked the etymology of “manicure” online you will find a record of the origins of the word. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĮventually, the sorry history of this industry will be revealed along with the falsity of the claim that mani-pedi salons have always and should remain bastions of female exclusivity. ![]()
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