Magrat
Mrs. Rincewind
We share a bank account so it doesn't matter who signs the check.
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80 Years of Subtle Sexism
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We share a bank account so it doesn't matter who signs the check.
She does. She drives me crazy and drove me to drink.
Rincewind
Philosopher
I hope you said thank you...
Yes, Mistress.
P.J. Denyer
Penultimate Amazing
P.J. Denyer
Penultimate Amazing
No, given that all products in that category are taxed, you seem to be claiming discrimination because there is a product in that category which is women only. I actually agree with you in practice that tampons should not be taxed ( along with items like toilet paper, deodorant, soap, shower gel and other hygiene necessities) but because they are necessities and therefore should be tax free whether they are used by either gender or both.
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
Tampons (as we use the term today) were invented to plug wounds during the ACW, IIRC. So they're not exclusively a female product. I saw one used for that purpose back in '07. (We were a good hour from a hospital.)
Ziggurat
Penultimate Amazing
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Not really. They have indeed been used for that purpose, but primitive versions pre-date that considerably, and the modern version is more recent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampon#History
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
Okay, the hair split goes like this: They were designed from existing more primitive forms for that purpose.
But...but...that's just...
Now you know why you filthy, disgusting and scary women were never allowed to cross water, or touch us clean men for half the month!
5% VAT? You should be paying a 100 times more to the man who invented the tampon and gave you your freedom to cross water and touch another human every day of the month!
That there is a thing that women buy, that generally men don't, and it's subject to 5% tax. I don't see why that is important. It's not like it's the only tax that impacts one gender more than the other.
Magrat
Mrs. Rincewind
We used to just take turns but now I'm disabled and am not capable of driving much so he does.
Magrat
Mrs. Rincewind
I guess my question would be if those taxes are equitably distributed between the sexes.
Magrat
Mrs. Rincewind
I can agree with that.
Magrat
Mrs. Rincewind
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Penultimate Amazing
With regard to taxes I think it depends a little on what else is taxed and why.
In the US, some states do exempt tampons, which seems like a good policy where other things deemed necessary for life, or at least for a good life, are exempted. In many places we do not pay tax on food, drugs, clothing and other things that it is presumed that everyone needs equally, as the more a thing is needed by rich and poor in equal amounts, the more regressive it is.
Here in Vermont, you pay a sales tax on tampons but not on groceries, agricultural and medical items, such as homeopathic nostrums, heating pads, condoms, adult diapers, closed caption machines, chocolate milk and Twinkies.
In the US, some states do exempt tampons, which seems like a good policy where other things deemed necessary for life, or at least for a good life, are exempted. In many places we do not pay tax on food, drugs, clothing and other things that it is presumed that everyone needs equally, as the more a thing is needed by rich and poor in equal amounts, the more regressive it is.
Here in Vermont, you pay a sales tax on tampons but not on groceries, agricultural and medical items, such as homeopathic nostrums, heating pads, condoms, adult diapers, closed caption machines, chocolate milk and Twinkies.
Delvo
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Until convenience/drug stores are no longer about a quarter filled with shelf after shelf after shelf of stuff women don't need but pay for anyway apparently just to prop up the stores, any claim of how much the need for one single product oppresses them is absurd.
Magrat
Mrs. Rincewind
Because men only buy exactly what they logically need. They'd never buy something otherwise. Women are too flighty and materialistic to understand taxes anyway.
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
