Some
months ago, the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs found
that, on average, products for girls and women cost 7% more than similar
products for men. This is called the “Gender Tax” or the “Woman Tax”.
Also, looking at almost 800 products from more than 90 brands in NYC,
the study has found that this injustice happens 42% of the time.Even children’s items are more expensive for girls than for boys. For example, a scooter for girls costs $13 to $25 more than a scooter for boys. This happens to a lot of products, following the girls as they grow older.
Focusing on the type of products women pay more for, the study said that the personal care products are the ones women pay the most for (about 13% more than men). The surprising thing is that they looked at pharmacies and other stores from around New York and found that the “Woman Tax” was there in all of them.
Finally, there’s a table where you can see some of the times women pay more than men for some products:
So, in conclusion, the study found that women are paying thousands of
dollars more over the course of their lives for buying similar products
as men.
EXAMPLES:
PERSONAL OPINION:
In my opinion, that’s something definitely not good. Why women have to pay more for something that is practically the same thing as men? I don’t think it’s a huge difference to produce something blue or to produce something pink, so it’s quite stupid to make women pay more for the same thing but different colour.
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