Seven percent might not seem like that much yet when all taxes and price differences are up for one year, women pay $1,351 more than men for products
Pink Tax was first introduced between the 1930s and 1960s and has been in stores around America ever since
People have tried to end the Pink Tax through the years. A Pink Tax Repeal Act was introduced in 2019 by Jackie Speier, to ban the true tax of feminine hygiene products. This Act never got momentum and failed to end this gender-based price discrimination
Speier states "The pink tax is not a one-time injustice. It’s an insidious form of institutionalized discrimination that affects women across the country from the cradle to the grave,”
Possible solutions to eliminating the Pink Tax effect are another repeal act, buying more gender-neutral products, and support businesses that don't contribute to the extra cost to women.
