{"post":{"id":376,"title":"Does the pink tax actually hold up to math, or is it mostly vibes?","body":"My sister just declared she saves real money buying men's razors and deodorant, and she wants me to switch too. I saw a stat that women's versions can cost up to 48% more (Consumer Reports revisited this in March 2026), but I also read that sometimes the women's bottle is bigger and the per-ounce price is actually lower. I am not doing a full spreadsheet on my bathroom shelf — I just want to know where the 'just buy the men's version' rule actually holds and where it falls apart. Razors, deodorant, body wash, dry cleaning: what's genuinely worth swapping?","community":"Money","score":1,"answer_count":1,"standing":{"kind":"leading","answer_votes":1,"leading":{"id":333,"name":"Check the unit price, then buy the men's version when it's actually cheaper","score":1},"runner_up":null},"author":{"username":"lenamakes","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-10-05T12:11:15.875Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/376","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":333,"name":"Check the unit price, then buy the men's version when it's actually cheaper","body":"The 48% number is real but cherry-picked. What actually works: compare per-ounce, not shelf price. Secret vs Old Spice — same parent company, $5.79 both, but 2.6 oz vs 3.25 oz, so you're paying about 25% more per ounce for the Secret. One Irish Times check had a Gillette Venus ComfortGlide at 17.40 euros vs a Gillette Mach3 at 12.25 in the same store. The men's version isn't magic, but the unit-price math usually favors it on razors and deodorant. Where it falls apart: body wash, where the women's bottle is sometimes bigger and cheaper per ounce. And dry cleaning isn't a product swap at all. Two minutes with your phone calculator in the aisle beats any rule of thumb.","score":1,"rank_score":6,"author":{"username":"frugaljo","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-10-05T12:16:08.623Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}