Beauty is pain…and money. Women and young girls are facing a problem worse than split ends. They pay much more for women’s clothing and toiletries than men for products that do the same thing. Women are being robbed!

If you’re a girl, be prepared to pay at least 7 dollars for deodorant, but if you’re a guy, be prepared to pay as little as 1 dollar. The same goes for t-shirts, shampoos, shaving creams, razors, and not to mention the thousands of dollars women will spend on tampons and pads.

Naomi Long has to spend so much money on female products to the point of her sometimes working over 40 hours a week. She said, “I’m the kind of girl who could spend hours on end shopping at Sephora, T.J. Maxx, and Target. I think society has played a huge role in making women feel less than they are if they don’t have the best of the best products. I find it ridiculous that women need to pay for birth control and tampons too.”

Jacob Goodwin is on the opposite end of the spectrum as he says, “I don’t spend a lot on my daily essentials, and the majority of the products I buy will last months. I’ve never noticed how much money women have to spend on products until having a girlfriend.”

As Naomi pointed out, society plays a role by making women buy things men don’t need to buy. If a woman doesn’t have or use makeup, some scrub, or lotion, then they are seen as “musty” or “poor”.  Despite societal standards that increase the amount of money women need to spend, the price of everyday things that men and women both use are significantly higher for women.

Women make children, suffer through periods, cook, clean, work, and still get paid less. Make it make sense. Women need more respect, and they need fair prices.