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The patriarchy hurts men too, and capitalism screws everyone
Why is men's hair dye way more expensive than women's? That makes no sense whatsoever. If anything, you'd think it would be cheaper.
P.S. I am awesome at dyeing hair.
P.S. I am awesome at dyeing hair.
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I'm sure you are awesome at hair dyeing. Cuz you are awesome at everything.
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IBTP.
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Sabo, I'm getting drunk over the patriarchy tonight. Wanna come out and join me in my head?
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....
*dies*
SABO? CAN I BE YOU & ZINGERELLA WHEN I GROW UP????
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and it lend to an interesting night with some fellow that i first mistook for a nazi.
actually, the less said about that the better.
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Oh, and up there I was trying to figure out what IBTP meant, so I looked it up, but accidentally put IBTB. Urban Dictionary said "I'll bring the beer", so I was all, ohhhhh, she'll bring the pot. And then imagined you and your friends getting high and dyeing each other's hair and was like that should be interesting. But I looked it up just in case. And boy was I wrong!
That was a fun waste of a minute!
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Oh, good point! Who knew that the hair dyeing industry was actually sort of progressive?*
My friends and I would never get high before dyeing each other's hair. Or, well, I wouldn't, and I wouldn't let anyone high near my hair either. No drunken dyeing either; I've made that mistake before. Hair dyeing is serious business.
* It is not. Garnier, which makes my favourite shade of red that looks amazing on me and is dirt cheap, is owned by baby-killing Nestlé.
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Condoms are cheap to produce. They need a small amount of latex and some very very good quality control. Total cost is perhaps five U.S. cents, not much more. The cheapest you can buy a condom for in the US is *maybe* 50c if you're lucky, probably more like $1 or higher. So there is a pretty crazy markup.
When I was a teenager I was interested to note[*] the entry of a new brand of condoms onto the market; they were called Mates. Not only did they have an amusing name, but they sold at something like half the price of the other brands. However, the public was suspicious of being sold something for half the price and assumed it was a shoddy product. The manager of Mates had to appear on TV and explain that he was raising his prices to match the other brands. What is it with people and why do they behave this way, and how can we persuade them to stop?
[*] out of sociological interest, not personal, sadly
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at least that's how i feel
i refuse to accept that cocoa roos are anything more than shit compared to cocoa puffs
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* Not counting one experiment with colored hairspray in the late 1980s.
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There's no reason, as I confirmed with an experiment on a friend's hair, why men can't use women's hair dye. There are more colours, more varieties, and it's cheaper. Therefore, the only reason men would buy men's hair dye is that they feel that their masculinity would be somehow in doubt if they bought women's hair dye. Hence, patriarchy. Though I like
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if she insisted on using old spice she should have been grateful i didn't get all up in her grill about it
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My guess on why they are different for men in women is there is an assumption that men sweat more but don't need to smell pretty whereas there is an assumption women need less sweat protection (we glisten) but really want our pits to smell nice. So even when it's ph balance for a man and made for women or whatever the hell there's not really a science behind it.
Personally, I like men smells better so I use that even though I really don't sweat all that much.
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yes they do.
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"Pretty" and "nice" sound like tools of the patriarchy!
No, seriously, most women's deodorant smells atrocious to me, a male. There is nothing nice about an armpit that smells like baby powder or a bunch of withered flowers. Now, most men's deodorant smells bad too, but there's no comparison to the most offensive women's deodorants. They make me think of catafalques, moth balls, the boudoirs of old rich widows, or being smothered by a lilac bush.
I don't mind people smelling like themselves provided they wash, but I understand many are embarassed by the sharp tang of even fresh sweat, and to prevent this, I prefer scent free anti-persipirants and deodorants which work by killing the odour-producing bacteria; second to that, the weaker of the "men's" smells, artificial concotions not trying to emulate anything in nature. "Sport" smell, "Spring rain" smell... the closest image these bring to mind is, I dunno, some kind of booze? -- I don't mind smelling like rum.
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The patriarchy hurts men too.
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i'm thinking of writing a book called The Definitive Homosexual Agenda just so everyone can stop bitching about it and society will kinda be on the same page
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Will you be doing that soon? Cuz, we're going out for drinks and it would be nice if we had separate tabs for once. ;)
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As for the Patriarchy hurting men... I'm sure they don't mind working longer hours, so that can pay for more sex.
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Then why do they pay less for haircuts and dry-cleaning?
No no, since vanity is driven by the objectification of bodies, this has to be determined by more than pure economics or supply/demand curves.
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I haven't been around long enough to know men have always bought into this idea or if they buy into this idea now because of the constant bombardment by this message but its a pretty powerful message either way. No wonder men are willing to shell out the extra cash for hair dye they don't really need in the first place.
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Speaking of Patriachy,
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