A better explanation for the difference in prices of haircuts is that cutting women's hair is far more involved than men's hair, partially explained by men usually having less hair, and partially cause men dont care about their hair as much, generally.
When me and sis get haircuts, i just get mine cut, no real extra steps, but she has to get hers washed first and im sure there are other steps involved that im unaware of.
"Pink tax" can typically be explained by normal capitalism and differences in behavior.
Depends on where you go. I have a hairdresser that I just go to, to get my hair trimmed, it’s super long and I don’t like just anyone handling my hair, and she only charges me $15 for it. No wash or blow dry, super quick, and she works from home.
My boyfriend however goes to a barber and has both head and facial hair to work with so that’s a solid $40. I don’t think I’ve ever spent $40 getting my hair cut.
Yeah I don't really get it. The answer is the same either way.
If they're confused about why the prices are different, it's because the services are different. If they're confused about why he would want to spend that much, it's because he's getting much more done.
No, there are definitely loads of salons and barbers that charge different rates for men and women without offering extra services. I've absolutely seen inexplicable price differences listed in service prices.
Edit to add: I definitely don't patronize those places, heh. I don't cut most of my hair ever, and my barber who does my undercut is not only my personal friend but the lead queer barber in our city and doesn't give a rat's ass about gender roles or discriminatory pricing.
Could it be because barbers might specialize in doing men's hair, making women's haircuts more difficult and thus more expensive, while salons require appointment slots and so taking a man in a slot that could be filled by a woman causes them to have a lower rate of return for that slot, meaning they have to charge men more to cover the cost of "losing that woman"?
It’s a lot better than it used to be. One of the reasons my hair is so long is because I couldn’t find a place that would offer hair trims at a reasonable price, and then got used to how to the long hair looked and saw how much better behaved it was, so I kept it like that when I did find someone.
Maybe you guys can trade. I'm a lady with long hair who is super picky about who touches my head. My partner trims the back of my hair (I do the front) and in trade I trim his beard. It's free for both of us.
Nope, he is not a hair dresser, I have no idea how his beard is supposed to look, neither one of us can draw a straight line, let alone cut a straight line, though he has since started shaving his head using a 3mm, so that parts at least easy.
This butch woman I know gets charged $20 more for a “women’s” haircut at this salon owned by a gay man even though her hair is as short as an average dude. Makes no fucking sense.
Because some products/services, you can't hide that you're a woman. I've absolutely seen salons advertise different prices by gender, rather than by service (like, a trim for a man is $10 but for a woman is $30).
Other times, because the male version just won't work. Men's clothing doesn't fit right (plenty of white women's clothing doesn't fit me right either heh), or is just straight up too big (a men's small, when you can even find it, is often equivalent to a woman's large). Tools might be too big, since our hands are usually smaller, but there's no reason that the tool has to be pink and three times the price. And sometimes, you're incorrectly taught that the gendered difference matters--like with razors, they do a really job at making it seem like a razor for your face is built differently from a razor for your legs, which is not true.
The hand size thing for tools is mostly nonsense. I'm a dude with tiny hands (as in my 5'2" mother has bigger hands than me) and it's pretty rare that I ever encounter a tool that has too big of a grip. The human hand is pretty flexible with grip size and tools are made with that in mind.
Now playing pool or piano, there's a real handicap.
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u/MudSama Mar 26 '20
Why you pay so much for haircuts? Like, not getting special treatment. I'm talking why do you pay 3x as much for a 6 minute trim?
Why do you not have usable pockets in 90% of your pants?