but also not the same.
Imho it is not the same if you get discriminated for something you choose to getting discriminated for something you do not choose.
If you are going (example) to a bar where the doorguy says you can not enter because of you clothes, doesnt that mean you are wanting to go to the wrong kind of bar in the first place?
You have the choice of wearing those clothes. And a risk of people thinking weird stuff about it.
Metal is a wanting-to-shock-kinda-genre and people who are not used to that could easily be turned off by that kind of stuff.
I understand you..
Something like that happens to me, here in Mexico mostly people are so close about it, I'm forced to have short hair, and wearing normal clothes. Because if I dress like a metalhead.. I lost my job
and would be hard to find a new job, dressing like metalhead
Im only dress like Metalhead in my free time or when Im go to concerts or festivals
Well, the same goes for about almost every job, don't you think? AAMOF there's
almost no job, where you can wear want you want to (uniforms, working clothes, safety issues, etc.). Long hair for males is another issue, either you work in the blue collar section (handicrafts...) or in the white collar section, where this is mostly forbidden out of tradition, company image, etc. - ppl. do not trust other males with long hair, for example in a bank, they're kinda old fashioned, but that's the way it is. Either you bow to those rules and stick to dressing alternatively in your free time, or you might not get a job at all.
Even quite harmless (by our standards) shirts might offend others at your job who are not familiar with this subculture or even afraid of "us", or have prejudices without knowing why. Or it is simply a matter of company appearance towards customers who might turn away if someone dressed like a hellroadie (even if he had nice manners) would serve them.
Luckily Metal is not only defined by outward appearance but mainly by a way of thinking - and this no company or individual can forbid you.
