http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/23/1463076/--The-High-Cost-Of-Just-Being-A-Woman?detail=email
As if having their body parts and body functions mocked by pigs like Donald Trump isn’t bad enough, just being a woman in America also comes with a high financial cost. And it isn’t just the 21 percent wage gap between women and men, either. It’s the deliberately higher cost of goods marketed to women.
A first-of-its-kind study, From Cradle to Cane, The Cost of Being A Female Consumer, released by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, shows a consistent price discrepancy in consumer goods marketed to women as opposed to nearly identical goods marketed to men.
The Agency compared nearly 800 products with clear male and female versions from more than 90 brands sold at two dozen New York City retailers, both online and in stores.
Findings On average, across all five industries, DCA found that women’s products cost 7 percent more than similar products for men. Specifically:
7 percent more for toys and accessories
4 percent more for children’s clothing
8 percent more for adult clothing
13 percent more for personal care products
8 percent more for senior/home health care products
As if having their body parts and body functions mocked by pigs like Donald Trump isn’t bad enough, just being a woman in America also comes with a high financial cost. And it isn’t just the 21 percent wage gap between women and men, either. It’s the deliberately higher cost of goods marketed to women.
A first-of-its-kind study, From Cradle to Cane, The Cost of Being A Female Consumer, released by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, shows a consistent price discrepancy in consumer goods marketed to women as opposed to nearly identical goods marketed to men.
The Agency compared nearly 800 products with clear male and female versions from more than 90 brands sold at two dozen New York City retailers, both online and in stores.
Findings On average, across all five industries, DCA found that women’s products cost 7 percent more than similar products for men. Specifically:
7 percent more for toys and accessories
4 percent more for children’s clothing
8 percent more for adult clothing
13 percent more for personal care products
8 percent more for senior/home health care products
The higher cost for women’s items extends to all ages: a scooter marketed to little boys goes for $24.99 while an identical scooter (except for its pink color) sells for $49.99. Schick Hydro-Silk razor cartridges for women? $18.99. Schick Hydro-5 cartridges for men? $14.99. Men’s jeans? $68. Identical women’s jeans? $88.00. Personal services such as dry cleaning and haircuts are also consistently more expensive, as most women already know.
Women spend an average of 25 percent more on haircuts (that require the same amount of labor as a men’s style) and 27 percent more for the laundering of a white cotton shirt, a 2002 DCA study showed.
Over the course of a woman’s life, the financial impact of these gender-based pricing disparities is substantial: overall, women pay more for essentially the same product as men 42% of the time.
right wing republicans and big business deny vehemently the charge on their alleged war on women but reality rebukes that claim without us uttering a word look at all the things they have decried, denied and lied about as for this article they deny fair wage and work place input and then raise prices on everything woman related is this some sic chauvinist plan to keep women down and reliant on men IMO "YES IT IS"
if you think about it on the republican side you have so many speaking with the same rhetoric on the side of fact you have numerous voices rebuking numerous things within in that rhetoric they don't balance and show that as usual they have one non point we have many usually with documented proof of their position. time to consider ladies who you really want controlling your body you or them????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
