Boy oh boy, has life as we’ve known it has changed dramatically. What once was a world of freelance and contained disorder has now turned into a crippled mess. Coronavirus has affected every industry and line of work imaginable. Forcing us humans to reevaluate the foundational basis of each aspect of our lives. By just looking out the window you can visibly see an influx of people outside out reprioritizing their health. However, my short-lived fitness phase has passed and I’ve moved onto planning how I can bounce back aesthetically once this all blows over!
After exploring new hobbies and interests while trying to maintain a newly acquired essential job, I decided to turn the focus on the future instead of the now. Without a doubt there has been a huge increase in online shopping. It’s convenient and saves time and money but I’d suddenly noticed something perplexing. Three and half weeks in and I began to do some serious shopping across the web. There were some pretty decent deals here and there but overall I hadn’t seem to find anything that match the quality I wanted with its pricing. Which led me to thinking, maybe I should dig deeper I visited Urban Outfitters and compared pricing and item quantity among the men’s and women’s department on two separate devices. I did my best to find items that were as closely similar in content, wearability, and pricing as possible. In total I had six items in each cart; For the women’s cart the total came out to sixty-four dollars with taxes added and the men’s was a whopping ninety-seven dollars with taxes.
You may be thinking, how ironic is that? Women whom are typically and logistically projected to shop more than men manage to save more money. However, it all made more sense when I sat back and really thought about. Since women are more socially conditioned to have grandeur interest in shopping, industries and companies target them more. In the context of the fashion industry, this leaves the space for interpretation of what is and isn’t worth buying. Additionally women are also more conditioned to be more aware of and actively maintaining their appearances.
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