Women pay thousands of dollars more than men for similar products for personal use
Since they are born as girls, parents who have a daughter spend more than those who have a son , because although it should not be the case, products for women are usually more expensive and for that reason in New York they look for products to have the same price.
The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, announced this Sunday a proposal to prohibit products aimed at women from having higher prices than similar products designed for men.
Cuomo’s intention is to put an end to the so-called "pink tax", a phenomenon documented in numerous studies according to which many articles and services promoted as feminine are more expensive than others equal to men. "It is discriminatory and disgusting to our values and we are going to put an end to it," the governor said in a statement.
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His proposal is part of a package of measures for 2020 and includes legislation that would prohibit price discrimination based on gender and that would require certain businesses to publish price lists for their services, under penalty of fines.
In a report prepared in 2015, the New York City Council analyzed the prices of toys, clothing, cosmetics and hygiene products and confirmed that in 42 percent of cases those aimed at women were more expensive.
According to the data collected, items for women cost on average 7 percent more than similar items for men, with the largest difference (13 percent) in personal care products.
Thus, the New York governor emphasizes that throughout her life, a woman will have to pay thousands of dollars more than a man for similar products, which ends up affecting her disposable income and savings.
To this is added, he recalled, the problem of the wage gap, for which women traditionally earn less than their male colleagues for similar jobs.
For too long women and girls have faced social and economic discrimination in all aspects of their lives, but in New York we are leading the fight for real gender equality, ”stressed Cuomo.