A Florida-based waxer has gone viral after sharing her conversation with a “creep” asking for a “manzillian.”
In the clip, which has amassed 280,800 views, Alessandra (@skinbyaless) could be seen talking to the man off-camera.
“So, how much would the manzillian be?” the man asks.
In response, the woman explained that she doesn’t actually offer those, which led the man to insist, “But you do Brazillians.”
“I do,” she replied. “I do women, but I don’t. I don’t do men.”
“Why?” the man once again asks.
“Now, I just don’t feel comfortable offering that, [and] you know, as my business, so I can choose what I would like to offer as a service,” she answers.
The man continues to pressure her
Still trying to convince her, the man says, “But I need you down there. Like […]it’s kind of crazy down there. I need you. I feel comfortable with you down here.”
“So, you are, like, a first-time client,” she explained to him. “It’s my first time meeting you, and you booked a leg wax, and now you’re asking for a manzillian.”
To which the man replies, “I can already tell I’ll be comfortable with you.”
“I understand that,” she said. “I don’t feel comfortable doing manzillians, which is why I don’t offer them.”
“But I need you down there,” the man repeated.
She then tells him that she can “either do the leg wax, or you can just go somewhere else,” and the man retorted with: “I could pay anything.”
“I don’t care how much,” she said firmly. “I don’t want your money.”
@skinbyaless Of course I’d do manzillians but it’s situations like this where men decide to approach us women waxers, and think they can sexualize us for pleasure. This is a professional business not a free hand job. #a#awarenessw#waxerf#fypv#viralx#xyzcba ♬ original sound – Alessandra | St.pete Waxer?
She shuts him down
The man tried one more time, saying he feels “comfortable” with her working “down there,” but Alessandra shut him down by saying, “I’m OK.”
In the video description, she adds, “Of course I’d do manzillians but it’s situations like this where men decide to approach us women waxers, and think they can sexualize us for pleasure. This is a professional business not a free hand job.”
In the comments, users were in shock and disbelief.
“He needs you WHERE?!?!?!” one exclaimed.
“Notice how he’s saying what makes him comfortable,” another added. “And ignoring that she’s uncomfortable.”
“When are they going to learn that NO is a full sentence?” a third complained.
Fellow estheticians have had similar experiences
In the comments, a fellow salon worker also shared her story.
“I worked in a place that did offer manzillians and only one person was trained to do it,” she wrote. “His name was Jack and you could tell who was a creep by who cancelled as soon as they found out a male was going to do their wax. So no, it’s not about fairness or getting the same service. It’s about creeps trying to get off by intimidating women. Period.”
Moreover, by the looks of things, Alessandra’s instincts were right. Over on the r/Esthetics subreddit, estheticians shared how men acted inappropriately while getting manzillians. There are multiple stories of men ejaculating while the treatment is taking place, with one esthetician sharing that after reporting the incident to her manager, she “cried in [her] room for 20 minutes.”
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