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‘Financial microaggressions’: why ‘pink tariffs’ hurt women more than men - Elsacat - Mar 17 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/pink-tariff-tax-women-clothes
Quote:Women’s goods are taxed at a higher rate than men’s, an invisible bias that is estimated to cost women $2.5bn a year
RE: ‘Financial microaggressions’: why ‘pink tariffs’ hurt women more than men - magdalyn - Mar 19 2025
I hadn't heard of this, thanks for the info.
I'm not surprised (kind of permanently cynical at the moment) but yeah. I know the system is stacked against us, but it's kind of wild to see what lengths men will go to to keep women at any kind of disadvantage they can think of.