The patriarchy hurts men too, and capitalism screws everyone

[sabotabby]

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.

Comments

[sabotabby]

Here's how I figure it. Most products, and almost all beauty-related products, must be divided into Products for Girls and Products for Boys. It is marginally okay to dress a girl baby in a blue onesie, but it is never okay to dress a boy baby in a pink onesie. The gender division continues into adulthood, when Products for Girls usually cost twice as much and come in pink.

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 marrythebed's theory better.

[mcpreacher.livejournal.com]

well i buy womens' hair dye and like to kiss boys and girls

[misfratz.livejournal.com]

Someone got Tim a 'mens' toiletries' thing as a present once. We lolled. Of course he ended up never using the shower stuff because it smelt like cat piss, and I used the deodorant/spray thing because he didn't like it (I indoctrinated him into using shampoo that smells like fruit a while ago and he never looked back). But eh, at least they didn't EMASCULATE HIM WITH GIRL TOILETRIES! I mean, if he used Girl Soap, his penis would surely shrivel and die. Hair dye has even more of a penis shrivelling effect because you have to leave it on for longer. This is completely true, and proven by Skience (probably ev.psych).

[sabotabby]

OMG, I forgot about boy soap and girl soap. I've been using Lush stuff lately because sphinctourist works there and gets a discount, but normally I use boy soap. It's cheaper.

[marsianer.livejournal.com]

Where I first fell to Earth, Sitzpinkler (person who sits down to pee) and Schattenparker (person who parks in the shade) are popular derogatory terms. Next time I'm there, I shall propose Frauenhaarfärbemittelbenutzer (person who uses hair dye for women.)