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Women have to pay athe lot more in stores than men for almost athe same things. athe new study by athe Times newspaper in Britain found that many products for women cost up to twice as much as similar products for men. Researchers looked at hundreds of goods in athe UK's biggest shops. They found that women's clothes and beauty products and girls' toys were on average 36 per cent more expensive than products for men and boys. One store charged over $7 more for athe pink scooter aimed at girls than athe black one. Another store charged double athe price for ten razors simply because they were pink. Researchers said Levi's 501 jeans for women are on average 46 per cent more expensive than those for men.

athe Times called this "sexist" pricing. Other people have called it athe "gender tax". Maria Miller, athe chairwoman of athe British government's women and equalities committee, called it athe "rip-off". She said she would ask Britain's government to look into this to see if there was price discrimination. Britain's Financial Times (FT) newspaper said: "Perhaps women tend to be busier and have less time to shop around. Or perhaps they care more about quality when it comes to deodorant or shampoo, whereas men just want something cheap." However, athe FT said men paid more for some things and questioned why athe journalists did not look at athe price differences for things that appeal more to men.