NYC Pharmacy Charges 7% “Man Tax” To Send A Powerful Message
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According to a study conducted by the NYC consumer affairs department, women’s products cost 7% more than men’s. Well now a chemist in New York City has decided to combat this discrepancy by adding a 7% tax on all products purchased by men to make a statement about gender discrimination.
“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,” Jolie Alony, owner of Thompson Chemists in SoHo, told the Daily Dot. “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.”
Charging men and women different prices is actually a violation of New York’s pricing laws, so the chemist is paying the difference from their own pockets. The response has also been mixed, with some people supporting the idea and others branding it sexist. What do you think? (h/t: the daily dot)
According to a study conducted by the NYC consumer affairs department, women’s products cost 7% more than men’s. Well now a chemist in New York City has decided to combat this discrepancy by adding a 7% tax on all products purchased by men to make a statement about gender discrimination.
“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,” Jolie Alony, owner of Thompson Chemists in SoHo, told the Daily Dot. “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.”
Charging men and women different prices is actually a violation of New York’s pricing laws, so the chemist is paying the difference from their own pockets. The response has also been mixed, with some people supporting the idea and others branding it sexist. What do you think? (h/t: the daily dot)
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Share on FacebookTo bring men and women awareness. Even though it's not the way I would usually prefer to take action, I'm getting so tired of today's society and it's unconscious losers that the "taste of your own medicine" technique is slowly becoming more appealing. If you don't like it, THEN CHANGE FASTER. It is not hard to understand how to behave! Men and women are different, yes, but neither of them are better than the other. Just because one can do something better does not mean the other shouldn't be given the opportunity to do the exact same thing. We're supposed to work together to solve problems, which would make life so much easier. IT'S. NOT. HARD.
Load More Replies...This is a horrible horrible way to make the point. Why should men "deserve" to pay more?? Women deserve to pay less -in other words equal to men - but that's not the same thing as charging men more!
To bring men and women awareness. Even though it's not the way I would usually prefer to take action, I'm getting so tired of today's society and it's unconscious losers that the "taste of your own medicine" technique is slowly becoming more appealing. If you don't like it, THEN CHANGE FASTER. It is not hard to understand how to behave! Men and women are different, yes, but neither of them are better than the other. Just because one can do something better does not mean the other shouldn't be given the opportunity to do the exact same thing. We're supposed to work together to solve problems, which would make life so much easier. IT'S. NOT. HARD.
Load More Replies...This is a horrible horrible way to make the point. Why should men "deserve" to pay more?? Women deserve to pay less -in other words equal to men - but that's not the same thing as charging men more!
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