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Male skin care products that are cheaper than women’s products but do the same thing
If women don’t face enough discrimination already, they also have to pay the “pink tax,” which is the extra money they have to pay for many skincare and beauty products with a men’s version available at a cheaper cost. This can cost women an average of $1500 annually (via J.P. Morgan). Have you walked down the aisle and found that women’s razors by the same company cost more than the men’s just because it is pink? Now that you know that it is nothing more than gender-based pricing because certain beauty products are packaged in pink, floral, or glitter and targeted towards women to make more money.
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, a lawyer and co-founder of Period Equality, told Healthline, “The motivations around the pink tax come more explicitly from a classic capitalist stance: If you can make money off of it, you should.” That is pretty insane. It goes more than skincare products because even healthcare items like women’s laxatives cost more and come in a girlier packaging (via HuffPost). How does gender play in the case of going to the bathroom?
However, It is important to remember that men’s and women’s skin does age differently. According to Skincare.com, men tend to have thicker skin due to more collagen, so their facial skincare game might differ as women might use more facial…
