Is Gender-Based Pricing Fair?

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<p>Is Gender-Based Pricing Fair? </p>

<p>Wed Mar 16, 2005 09:26 AM ET </p>

<p>TORONTO (Reuters) - Most women, accustomed to paying more than men for goods and services like clothes and hair cuts, simply shrug it off as part of life, but an Ontario legislator hopes to end all that. </p>

<p>Lorenzo Berardinetti wants to brand so-called gender-based pricing a human rights violation and he has introduced a bill in the Ontario legislature to make the practice illegal. </p>

<p>Berardinetti said on Tuesday he was shocked when he and his wife took clothes to a dry cleaners and she ended up paying more for similar items. </p>

<p>“I get charged one price and she gets charged another price for virtually the same material,” he said. </p>

<p>Berardinetti said that opened his eyes to an experience women have long learned to deal with, namely higher prices for clothes, shoes, hair cuts and other services. </p>

<p>“The bill would … amend the human rights code in Ontario to make gender pricing discriminatory and it would also allow for penalties to be levied from C$2,000 to C$5,000,” he said. </p>

<p>The bill – “An Act to Prohibit Price Discrimination on the Basis of Gender” – will be debated in the legislature in April in the second phase of a four-stage process toward a bill making its way into law. If it passes a final third reading, royal assent then sees it written into law. </p>

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<p>The only reason why women pay more and get paid less is so they can get saved first on the Titanic.</p>

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Now that’s funny!</p>

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<p>thanks, it’s true though haha</p>

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<p>When I was in college, the ratio of boys to girls was 55:45</p>

<p>Now I see the that ratio to be 45:55 and getting worse.</p>

<p>So, Do we not see in a lot of colleges tilt towards the male, inorder to keep a certain balance of the sexes. This preference may not involve money but may involve a differential in acceptance standards.</p>

<p>This could be a great topic to explore. Larry Summers, is there room for me in the house?</p>

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<p>The normal pricing is the Women’s price. The Men get a discount because there are less folds, bumps, and accessories on their clothing. I personally would pay for the normal price if I had more folds, bumps, and accessories on my clothes, but then I don’t want to be better dressed than my wife. </p>

<p>Canada is a bit behind. The US debated this topic 40 years ago. I think the females won the argument. Females do have their freedom and can go braless now, and no one cares; but for some reason the women of my generation (now in their mid 50’s) used to be braless but they all seem to be wearing bras today. </p>

<p>May be its just my eyes. My eyes seem to be getting worse even though they were lasik’d. My wife say’s its my head.</p>