Bare truth about the cross-baldy effect

Today’s ‘woke’ world needs to wake up to a blatant bias against those follicly challenged

Bald men are being mistaken for each other in WhatsApp forums, dimly lit pubs and crowded football stadiums in every country, every day. PHOTO: UNSPLASH
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A sinister problem is seeping stealthily through society, spreading its tentacles and hounding good men.

It hit me squarely between the eyes when a friend told me I was the spitting image of his cousin, and showed me the cousin’s photograph on his phone.

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