Pay Women Less, Charge Us More, Then Claim We Don't Contribute to the Economy
Why are women's sizes more expensive?
Now, I like White Ninja, I'm just getting back into that comic after a long time away. But I went to check out the merchandise and was appalled that women's sizes, which typically run smaller [less fabric], are more expensive than men's sizes. One could argue that the square cuts for men are cheaper, but this is the kind of crap that pisses me off. I have a hard time going to the dry cleaner because I'm afraid that I'll end up paying more and not be able to do anything about it. Dry cleaners used to claim that "women's smaller neck sizes" blah blah blah, bullshit, bulshit, bullshit.
Back in college, the Women's Center (or just a Feminist Org, I can't remember) decided to sell cookies, as a fundraiser, at 76 cents to women and $1 to men as a demonstration on inequal pay. Some sexists decided to argue with them about this. The thing was that the women didn't HAVE to sell the cookies, and the men didn't HAVE to buy them. Unlike, say, dry cleaning and clothing, haircuts and razors, and all kinds of other things that are priced higher for women.
4 comments:
It's probably because, in general, women are more willing to spend money on apparel than men are. If a woman WILL pay $20 for a shirt, why not charge her $20? Whereas if a man will only pay $15, you make more money selling the shirt at a price he'll pay than by making the prices equal and not selling any shirts to men at all.
Just a theory.
If men are paying $15, I'm not paying $20 - no woman should. I don't care if the quality is different. Other webcomics are able to sell shirts at the same price.
Women are only willing to spend more because they charge us more.
It's not like we have a choice about the prices we pay. Are we supposed to go naked or buy men's clothes?
I won't be buying shirts from this comic, and I won't put a link to the comic on my website either. I will also be writing a letter to tell them that I would buy a shirt, and I would even be buying a men's size shirt, but because of the price discrepancy, they're not going to get my money.
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