This article by Anne-Marcelle Ngabirano talks about how “Pink Tax” affects us so much more than we realize. Comparing nearly 800 products and 90 different brands shows the radical differences between gender-based items. From things like clothes to toys and personal care, this reproduction of gender is much bigger of an issue than we make it out to be.
The difference between prices for female and male products aren’t the real issue, the issue is what it is saying to society. It’s because women are seen as more materialistic or fragile that they encourage them to care more about the way they look and act than about education. It is these sorts of ideologies that creates sexism, glass ceiling, glass escalators, sexual harassment in the workplace
The difference between prices for female and male products aren’t the real issue, the issue is what it is saying to society. It’s because women are seen as more materialistic or fragile that they encourage them to care more about the way they look and act than about education. It is these sorts of ideologies that creates sexism, glass ceiling, glass escalators, sexual harassment in the workplace