(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) What is the pink tax? The pink tax isn’t an actual government tax; it refers to discriminatory pricing that inflates the cost of goods marketed to women. It can also apply to the practice of inflating costs for women seeking services. The term “pink...
The Pink Tax: The Persistence of Gender Price DisparityLafferty, MackenziMidwest Journal of Undergraduate Research (MJUR)
In The Pink Tax, award-winning CPA, Janine Rogan, draws from multiple studies, researched statistics, and her own experiences to shine a spotlight on the gender wage gap and the state of female wealth. The pink tax extends far beyond the insulting costs of pink branded products and extends ...
The “woman tax” (or “pink tax”) is the increased cost women pay, not for makeup, but rather simply purchasing items to meet very basic needs. There are hundreds, if not thousands of products which are marketed down gender lines, and as a result, overpriced. However, this phenomenon...
Maloney, who has previously spoken out against the "pink tax," told Bustle she found the GAO report "worrisome." "What sticks out to me most is how the gender pay gap seeps over to [things] like mortgages and loans — compounding this issue and putting women at an even greater ...
“pink tax” , or gender-based price discrimination etched into the city’s transportation system. “this project stemmed from looking at the #metoo movement,” says sarah kaufman, associate professor with the rudin center who studies transportation technology and worked on the report. “it...
THE PINK FACTS TAKE AX-TION #AXTHEPINKTAX LET’S GET OUR AX TOGETHER CHARITY PARTNERSIt costs more to be a woman. No joke. It’s called the Pink Tax. Because of it, the average woman is charged an extra $1,351* every year. Just for being a woman. It’s time to take back wha...
Regardless of age, pink has remained the color most identified with the female gender. And it turns out,women pay a "pink tax"on items that are marketed for them. Also, products made and marketed to women are higher priced and sometimes not as well made. All of thismakes women begin to...
The pink tax is the extra amount that women pay for everyday products like razors, shampoo, haircuts, clothes, dry cleaning, and more. This “tax” applies to items that span a woman’s entire life, from girls toys and school uniforms to canes, braces, a
The pink tax may not be an actual tax, except in the case of disparate import tariffs on women’s apparel. But hundreds of products marketed toward women end up costing more than nearly identical products targeted toward men. Evidence of gendered price discrimination clearly exists, even if the...