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The Pony Express

The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express

Most women enjoy taking care of their hygiene. Well, aside from the morning makeup routine and the extra half hour it takes for them to get their hair to cooperate on a good day. Nonetheless, it’s not surprising that there is a bulky selection of products to choose from when it comes to feminine products. What if a feminine product was compared to masculine one? Side by side the product itself is the same style and brand. The ingredients used to make the products are even the same. The main difference is the women’s product is packaged in bright pink, while the men’s product is a dull grey. That, and the barely noticable difference that the product in pink costs more than the product in grey, even though the products are nearly identical.

‘Pink tax’ causes high female product prices

Brianna Halverson, Social Media Reporter March 15, 2016

Men get one-to-two aisles to themselves in the body care section of any retail store. Women, on the other hand, can have ten or more aisles designated to female products. The shelves are laid with...

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