Consumer experts are warning Australian women eyeing off the post-Christmas sales to either shop like men, or shop where men shop in order to avoid what is known as the "pink tax".

2015-12-23T12:57:02+00:00

I must say I am again impressed by the compartmentalization of the feminist brain. To wit:

Feminine things are under-valued by society and even stigmatized by society due to widespread misogyny.
Feminized products command exploitatively-higher prices.

Does not compute

The two ideas are incoherent. If the first complaint was true, painting a razor pink would be like dipping it in shit and no retailer would do it.

Christ on a cracker, the sheer dumbness of feminist beliefs never cease to amaze me. And people invest their entire personalities in this dreck.

AlwaysABride · 2015-12-23T11:08:51+00:00

Isn't the "pink tax" pretty much women's fault, since they're the ones who showed companies they were willing to pay more for "feminine" scents, colors, and styles in the first place?

Absolutely nothing was ever stopping them from "shopping like men" and buying generic panties in plastic bags. The fact that many western women seem to often have higher (translated: unreasonable) standards for that kind of thing is absolutely not the fault of any imaginary "patriarchy."

SporkTornado · 2015-12-23T19:13:20+00:00

TL:DR explains the pink tax. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HEr8zmVEZQ

Long story short: None of the things compared are the same. The women's version of shampoo or deodorant or whatever they are comparing. Will always have both more variety of both active ingredients and non active ingredients. As well as having different amounts of shared ingredients. These products are not the same.

wisty · 2015-12-23T10:11:48+00:00

I think I've figured out the "pink tax".

For most consumer items, women are the default. Men don't care.

For a handful of items, men are either the default (razors?), or it's gender neutral (lego?). Some (but not all) women, being accustomed to their privilege, feel like they are losing out. They demand special pink items, and companies see a way to profitably meet this demand.

Leinadro · 2015-12-23T14:42:53+00:00

I feel the same way about the pink tax as i do about men paying more for car insurance.

Men pay more for car insurance because men cause more accidents. Want to pay less? Then get men to cause fewer accidents.

Guess what my advice for dealing with the pink tax is.

2015-12-23T10:56:21+00:00

What is stopping women from shopping that way generally?

Seriously, I thought chicks knew how to shop or something? Are the price tags on the items not legible enough?

GenderNeutralLanguag · 2015-12-23T15:43:18+00:00

Good for them. The "Pink Tax" is a real thing. It's one of the few issues feminism has actually correctly identified (that there is a pink tax, not the causes). Doing more to inform consumers about their options is a good thing. The advice of think about purchases logically, not emotionally, is sound advice. The advice of look at more than just the pink sections of the store is solid advice. While the article had lots of hyperbolic references to the mythical wage gap, the actual advice given is sound and reasonable.

aokusman · 2015-12-23T15:47:31+00:00

It cost more to add a dash of pink to a black calculator versus a plane black calculator. This is common sense.

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