What are they
Are they or are they not an actual tax?
No, they are just an extra fee women end up paying!
Why are pink tax unnessary?
bussiness's don't need to price womens things higher then mens. If they need more money they should price mens and womens both a little bit higher.
If you see something that is boys and close to what you wanted in girls but the boys is cheaper what should you do.
You should buy the boys because price discriminating is unfair and you can buy what you would like too.
was there an attempt to stop it?
yes
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Women are paying a “____ ___” on most personal hygiene products.
Pink tax, women have to pay pink tax on personal hygiene products, that is just sad.
What gender does pink tax discriminate against?
Women/Girls
Why should women have to pay more for the items or services?
they shouldn't but discrimination says other wise!
What service is best to try not to go to because they do pink taxes a lot?
The dry cleaners, they do womens clothing for a higher price.
in the paragraph on the slide where I talked about wether they had tried or not, What was a different term I used for pink taxes?
gender discriminating pricing
Has there been a lot or little reasearch done on pink tax?
a lot
Is it an easy thing to see when you are shopping?
No because they are split into two sections, mens and womens. Because of this you cant easily compare the prices of things in the mens section and things in the womens!
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Like you saw,Women have to pay ____ money for the same thing as men.
More
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Buy more gender-neutral items when shopping for ____,______, ________, _______, etc.
toys, razors, shampoos, deodorant
Did their attempt actually make it into play?
no it did not
when you go to the hair dressers is a boys cut or a girls cut more money.
a girls because of pink taxes.
Who ussually gets to pay a cheaper price?
Men/boys because that gender is less discrimiated against.
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All people should be treated the same. It doesn't matter their _____
Gender
what companies should you support?
Ones that take a stand against pink taxes and use gender neutral pricing.
where did they intruduce a bill to stop pink taxes?(hint: include the country and province/state)
Ontario, Canada
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women are paying more than man __% of the time
42%
Describe Pink taxes.
Pink taxes are the extra fee women have to pay for things that men don't. Sometimes even if things are almost the same women have to pay a higher price because of discrimination and that is "pink tax".
As a whole why is this an issue?
This is an issue because women are paying a higher cost than men for the same thing! It is unfair and discriminatory.
Name 2 of the ways you can avoid pink taxes
if you said
Support companies who are taking a stand against the pink tax with gender-neutral pricing.
Buy more gender-neutral items when shopping for toys, razors, shampoos, deodorant, etc.
Avoid the dry cleaners as much as possible. OR
Price compare when shopping, if something is the same or close that is boys and cheaper buy, that instead. YOU WOULD BE CORRECT!
What year did they try to stop Pink taxes?
2005
women pay how much more on Hygiene Products than Men?
+50%