Yes, we know the sexes don't get paid equally and men's clothes, products, hair cuts, and just about everything costs less than women's 'things'. But so what, right? Hillary may be president. It might get fixed sooner or later. It's really not affecting us men right now. Women will catch up eventually. Just look at the stats.
Someone in New York City is a little tired of the waiting game and wants to make a statement. Jolie Alony has decided to institute a tax on men purchasing items in her store. After all, where do you hit men? Where it hurts. No, not the balls. Although that is quite effective, that is not where Alony is aiming. Instead of hitting the boys, she's aiming at the wallet.
Over the past few years, there’s been an increasing movement to do away with the “tampon tax,” and other taxes that activists say put an undue burden on women. For instance, in many states, menstrual products are taxed as luxury items, and a woman’s blouse costs more to dry clean than a man’s button-down shirt, even if they're made of the exact same material. Paired with the wage gap, any extraneous costs lead to an even greater disparity in income between men and women.
Now, one Manhattan pharmacy is trying to solve that gap with a 7 percent man tax.
Thompson Chemists owner Jolie Alony told the Daily Dot she put up the sign today, and it’s already gotten a lot of reaction. “We thought it’d be a great idea with all the political things going on—with Clinton being such a woman and the other guy and his womanizing,” she said. Citing the “pink tax,” she said, “We wanted to share that women deserve to get a break, and men deserve to be charged 7 percent more. Women are spending more in general and we make less, so we deserve to have a break.”
Alony said a few couples have come in and gotten a kick out of the sign, including one woman who said 80 percent of the stuff in the bathroom belongs to her boyfriend anyway. “Other couples were a little upset about it, saying, 'Fuck you,' 'You’re being a sexist,' and to get a lawyer,” said Alony. “We live in a big world, and I think we need to raise awareness.”
Alony says it’s up in the air how long the promotion will last, especially since "the disclosure of differing prices or fees based upon gender by a retail service establishment" is a violation of New York City pricing laws. For now, though, Thompson Chemists they're paying the difference in prices out of their pockets. – dailydot.com
Good plan? Well yes and no. It does get our attention and get us chatting, but on the other hand, it is illegal to charge a tax on one gender as mentioned.
Alony does have a good point to her little tax / experiment. Men will pay attention if it affects them. If it don't we move on.
h/t: dailydot.com