The High Cost Of Just Being A Woman. As if having their body parts and body functions mocked by pigs like Donald Trump isn’t bad enough, just being a woman in America also comes with a high financial cost.
And it isn’t just the 21 percent wage gap between women and men, either. It’s the deliberately higher cost of goods marketed to women. A first-of-its-kind study, From Cradle to Cane, The Cost of Being A Female Consumer, released by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, shows a consistent price discrepancy in consumer goods marketed to women as opposed to nearly identical goods marketed to men. The Agency compared nearly 800 products with clear male and female versions from more than 90 brands sold at two dozen New York City retailers, both online and in stores. Findings On average, across all five industries, DCA found that women’s products cost 7 percent more than similar products for men. Continuum of Sexual Violence. Your Child’s Virginity Is None of Your Business. Thank you for your interest in Patheos newsletters!
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“Did you have sex?” Women who feel entitled more likely to endorse benevolent sexism, study finds. By Eric W. DolanWednesday, October 16, 2013 10:23 EDT A high sense of entitlement — a core facet of narcissism — disposes women to internalize patriarchal beliefs, such as that women need to be protected by men or that women are naturally good caretakers (rather than naturally good CEOs.) That was the key finding of research published September 26 in the scientific journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. “This research was designed to test a central part of Ambivalent Sexism Theory that has not been previously examined — whether or not benevolent sexism is attractive to women because of its promises of benefits to individual women (under the conditions of being cared for and provided for by a man within an intimate relationship),” lead researcher Matthew D.
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