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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 135 points 1 month ago (25 children)

The rule is buy the default-gendered variant. If there a special "men's section" or "women's section" for a certain product category it means you'll be ripped off.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 71 points 1 month ago (15 children)

Especially women’s. In French we call it “la taxe rose” (the pink tax).

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 83 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it's called pink tax in English too

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean unless it's a more expensive product marketed to men, in which case it's called an example of fragile masculinity.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 3 points 1 month ago

I think that's brilliant

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

i don't get the connection

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