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> Age discrimination is perfectly legal everywhere It's protected alongside the statuses of disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, ra

> Age discrimination is perfectly legal everywhere It's protected alongside the statuses of disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation, to more-or-less the same extent in theory. There are, however, glaring exceptions when it comes to housing (due to how this protection intersects with property rights), as housing agency industry groups, housing charities, and various other charities explain across the Internet.

gambiting 12y ago
I think the most glaring omission is car insurance - if you enquire about insurance you will be straight up told that because you are under 25, the premium is going to be 4x of what it would be normally. No-one bats an eyelid at that - statistics prove that young drivers crash more, so it's all fine, right?? Funnily enough, statistically men crash more than women too - but it's illegal to charge men more, because that would be gender discrimination. It's also illegal to charge someone more for insurance because they are black, christian, or a vegetarian - regardless of how many accidents members of those groups get into. And yet if you are 24, have been driving more than 6 years without an accident, you will still pay more than someone who is 25 and has passed their exam last week. If that is not discrimination then I have absolutely no idea what is.
- vertex-four 12y ago
  Indeed. Unfortunately, the car insurance industry has enough clout to keep doing whatever they want to do, pretty much. We'll see what the EU do eventually - but I'm going to bet the UK either ignore it or find a loophole.
- rmc 12y ago
  Funnily enough, statistically men crash more than women too - but it's illegal to charge men more, because that would be gender discrimination. In the EU this became illegal recently. It also applied to women, who live longer than men, so were being charged higher life assurance. It just shows how anti-sexism laws can, and do, benefit men.

gambiting 12y ago

I think the most glaring omission is car insurance - if you enquire about insurance you will be straight up told that because you are under 25, the premium is going to be 4x of what it would be normally. No-one bats an eyelid at that - statistics prove that young drivers crash more, so it's all fine, right?? Funnily enough, statistically men crash more than women too - but it's illegal to charge men more, because that would be gender discrimination. It's also illegal to charge someone more for insurance because they are black, christian, or a vegetarian - regardless of how many accidents members of those groups get into. And yet if you are 24, have been driving more than 6 years without an accident, you will still pay more than someone who is 25 and has passed their exam last week. If that is not discrimination then I have absolutely no idea what is.

vertex-four 12y ago
Indeed. Unfortunately, the car insurance industry has enough clout to keep doing whatever they want to do, pretty much. We'll see what the EU do eventually - but I'm going to bet the UK either ignore it or find a loophole.
rmc 12y ago
Funnily enough, statistically men crash more than women too - but it's illegal to charge men more, because that would be gender discrimination. In the EU this became illegal recently. It also applied to women, who live longer than men, so were being charged higher life assurance. It just shows how anti-sexism laws can, and do, benefit men.