80 Years of Subtle Sexism

[truethat]

This is why pink razors cost more. Men HAVE TO buy the pink razors so our spouses will not use our razors. It's not that we're selfish, it's that after women shave their women things, the razor is merciless on our man parts.

Retailers know we are willing to pay the PINK TAX and more, just for a reasonable shave.

It's a conspiracy I tell ya!

 

[Ziggurat]

Buy Clotrimazole in a box labeled "for feminine itching" and another labeled "for jock itch" and see which one is more expensive.

Then buy the same thing in a tube labeled "for athlete's foot" and see you've both been suckered.

Good idea! Make them think "jock itch" is the only "masculine hygiene" issue.

They can never, ever know the unspeakable truth....

 

[Magrat]

Good idea! Make them think "jock itch" is the only "masculine hygiene" issue.

They can never, ever know the unspeakable truth....

I'm scared!

 

[Modified]

I'm scared!

I, for one, have no idea what he's talking about.

 

[Rincewind]

I'm scared!

You're not the only one....

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Good idea! Make them think "jock itch" is the only "masculine hygiene" issue.

They can never, ever know the unspeakable truth....

It's not unspeakable, just disgusting.

 

[Ziggurat]

I'm scared!

You're not the only one....

If you only knew.

But for your own protection, you must never know.

 

[Roadtoad]

If you only knew.

But for your own protection, you must never know.

Calling Agent J.

 

[casebro]

Buy Clotrimazole in a box labeled "for feminine itching" and another labeled "for jock itch" and see which one is more expensive.

Then buy the same thing in a tube labeled "for athlete's foot" and see you've both been suckered.

Silvadine from the podiatrist works better. Though I've never checked to see if parts are turning blue from the silver. Ethylene glycol antifreeze works too, but it is either Neon Green or orange.

 

[casebro]

Should we split off a jock itch thread? Science or Social Issues?

 

[marplots]

Should we split off a jock itch thread? Science or Social Issues?

Antisocial issues maybe.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Should we split off a jock itch thread? Science or Social Issues?

Forum Management, please.

 

[bruto]

Just continuing the thread drift for a moment longer, you can buy generic Clotrimazole for a buck a tube, and generic diphenhydramine (Benadryl) for as little as a couple of bucks a hundred (look for the "sleep aid") at Dollar General stores, among others.

 

[Roadtoad]

I should mention that REAL TRUCKERS don't worry about little things like crabs or jock itch. We share the wealth.

 

[Magrat]

So I started a thread about sexism and now we are talking about jock itch. Seems a logical progression

 

[Roadtoad]

So I started a thread about sexism and now we are talking about jock itch. Seems a logical progression

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Welcome to the board.

 

[bruto]

So I started a thread about sexism and now we are talking about jock itch. Seems a logical progression

Well, one must admit that the jock, if not the itch, is somewhat gender specific!

 

[Information Analyst]

How about taxing our periods?

Because tampons are a luxury.

It's a total fallacy that Value Added Tax only applies to "luxuries." We pay the same tax on toilet tissue and first aid products, for example. This difference is that it's the full 20% on those things, but a reduced rate of 5% on sanitary products.

 

[Darth Rotor]

80 Years of Things People say to Women and Not to Men

FYI, that world view is a whole lot older than 80 years ago. Both the women's suffrage movement, and the temperance movement, in my country, had already achieved (among other things) votes for women and the prohibition by 1920. They were rooted in movements (and a response to the situation they confronted in society) quite a bit older than that.

 

[bruto]

It's a total fallacy that Value Added Tax only applies to "luxuries." We pay the same tax on toilet tissue and first aid products, for example. This difference is that it's the full 20% on those things, but a reduced rate of 5% on sanitary products.

That may well be true of VAT where you are, but here in the United States, sales tax is indeed biased in this way. As I think I mentioned before, where I am, almost anything that can be considered "medical" is tax exempt, and that includes such things as heating pads, adult diapers and condoms, but emphatically does not include tampons and the like.

Now of course this is a complex issue in some ways. I have heard vehement arguments from some feminist circles against the "medicalizing" of childbirth, so one could argue that it would be wrong to "medicalize" menstruation too, but one might also observe that handing this extremely common occurrence could fall under the heading of things necessary for a comfortable existence.

I suspect that something could be done here, and that even if it were arguable that women end up with a little advantage, that would not be such a terrible thing.