The SoHo pharmacy posted two signs in the store’s front windows Monday announcing a new policy. A pink sign in one window reads, “New store policy: All Female Customers Shop Tax Free,” while a blue sign in the other window, reads All Male Customers Are Subject to a 7% Man Tax. She also referred to the so-called pink tax, the extra amount women are reportedly charged for certain products or services, such as dry cleaning, personal care products and car maintenance.
Last year, the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs released a study claiming that products marketed to women in New York cost on average 7 percent more than equivalent products marketed to men, which explains Alony’s choice of a 7 percent tax for men. In reality, she said, the pharmacy is offering a 7 percent discount for women—effectively cutting out sales tax—rather than charging men more. Alony is reportedly paying the women’s sales tax out of her own pocket.
What is there to say about this that is not visible to the naked eye? I have my thoughts, but if the owner chooses to have such a policy, it is their right. It is not hurting anyone. One can only wonder if it were reversed how it would be accepted, but we will leave it to the imagination. Liberalism in it’s finest display. But then again where do the transgenders fit in? What do you think?