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    'Pink tax' payers see red

    Research shows that some products marketed to women cost more than the same products marketed to men. Women could be out $64,843 over their lifetime.

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    By Jonathan Bastian • Aug 10, 2019 • 1 min read

    Research shows that some products marketed to women cost more than the same products marketed to men. Women could be out $64,843 over their lifetime. Social media activists are trying to spread awareness of this so-called "pink tax" through #axthepinktax.

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      Jonathan Bastian

      Host, Life Examined

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