The 'pink tax' is making female consumers pay drastically more for products

REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Women’s products cost more than men’s products across dozens of categories, affecting the cost of everything from toys to clothes to canes, a new report found. In a study titled “From Cradle to Cane: The Cost of Being a Female Consumer,” New York City’s Department of Consumer Affairs tracked price discrepancies in otherwise identical products that were marketed to male and female consumers. After analyzing the prices of almost 800 products across 35 categories, res...