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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I buy Gillette razors, but not the women’s kind. The women’s razors are more expensive, and are not as sharp or lasting as the men’s blades. It’s been a while since I bought women’s blades, so my info may be out of date. [/quote]

If Gillette wanted to do something meaningful they could stop with the pink tax instead of just signalling with an ad like this. But not charging women more money for personal supplies would actually hit their bottom line. Virtue signaling is so much cheaper.[/quote]

I’m the first PP above. The women’s blades use more material, so I would expect a higher price. I do not care for the blades that quickly get super dull. 
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According to Gillette, men's and women's razor blades are made with the same technology - it's the size of the razor and design of the handle that might be a little different.

They charge more for women's products because they can. They're virtue signalling with this ad, they're still perfectly comfortable making money reinforcing the social pressure women feel to be nearly hairless. And they've spent years reinforcing that masculinity looked and acted a certain way, some of which has definitely contributed to toxic masculinity.  They could make important changes on their own. But it's ever so much easier to tell other people they should change. I agree that toxic masculinity is a problem. The patriarchy harms everyone, men and women. But I take issue with the tendency of modern society to point out what everyone ELSE should be doing differently so we never have to look at ourselves.[/quote]

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