The Price of Pink “Gloria Steinem wrote that if men got periods, they “would brag about how long and how much”: that boys would talk about their menstruations as the beginning of their manhood, that there would be “gifts, religious ceremonies” and sanitary supplies would be “federally funded and free”” (Valenti). The case for free tampons and other various sanitary products, or at east a lack of tax on such items, practically writes itself, unless it is being presented to those who don’t have to endure and fund this monthly nuisance that comes out of women’s already significantly smaller paychecks. Not only do women have to spend an average of ten dollars extra per month, but on average women have to pay thirty-seven cents more than their
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Removing this from a woman’s income, women only are able to spend seventy-six percent that of their male coworkers. In addition to goods, practically the same as men’s, where quite possibly the only alteration made was pink on the packaging or a fruity fragrance added, women are also subjected to an exponentially higher price on services than men. Perhaps one of the most common price disparities: dry cleaning. If a man and a women were to get one shirt cleaned per month for thirty years, a man would owe a total of $741; a pretty penny for thirty years worth of washing. Women, on the other hand would be subjected to a price tag nearly double that of a man at $1,422 for the same exact service …show more content…
Let woman share the rights, and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated”. While in a modern day in age in the United States rights are less of an issue than they were in Wollstonecraft’s day, the premise of equality still reigns true. When most outsiders consider feminism, they see it to be a way of women hating men or trying to get ahead of men; when in actuality, all feminism asks for is equality. Wollstonecraft was the matriarch of feminism in Europe, and is still considered so highly of today because of the ongoing struggles of continuous inequality faced by women in the United States and beyond. In this quote rights can be interpreted as the right to a fair wage. A woman and a man who have gone to school together from kindergarten through college, and end up working at the same establishment should not have any form of inconsistencies in their net wages. In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft alludes to the fact that women are physically weaker than men, but equal in every other sense. While women may be physically weaker when it comes to how much she can bench-press, that doesn’t mean that she is wholly physically weaker. A woman will bleed for on average five days a month, experiencing cramps that can lead to nausea and even passing out. If a woman chooses she will go through childbirth: arguable the most painful
Removing this from a woman’s income, women only are able to spend seventy-six percent that of their male coworkers. In addition to goods, practically the same as men’s, where quite possibly the only alteration made was pink on the packaging or a fruity fragrance added, women are also subjected to an exponentially higher price on services than men. Perhaps one of the most common price disparities: dry cleaning. If a man and a women were to get one shirt cleaned per month for thirty years, a man would owe a total of $741; a pretty penny for thirty years worth of washing. Women, on the other hand would be subjected to a price tag nearly double that of a man at $1,422 for the same exact service …show more content…
Let woman share the rights, and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated”. While in a modern day in age in the United States rights are less of an issue than they were in Wollstonecraft’s day, the premise of equality still reigns true. When most outsiders consider feminism, they see it to be a way of women hating men or trying to get ahead of men; when in actuality, all feminism asks for is equality. Wollstonecraft was the matriarch of feminism in Europe, and is still considered so highly of today because of the ongoing struggles of continuous inequality faced by women in the United States and beyond. In this quote rights can be interpreted as the right to a fair wage. A woman and a man who have gone to school together from kindergarten through college, and end up working at the same establishment should not have any form of inconsistencies in their net wages. In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft alludes to the fact that women are physically weaker than men, but equal in every other sense. While women may be physically weaker when it comes to how much she can bench-press, that doesn’t mean that she is wholly physically weaker. A woman will bleed for on average five days a month, experiencing cramps that can lead to nausea and even passing out. If a woman chooses she will go through childbirth: arguable the most painful