People Are Sharing Examples Of Pointless Gendering, And Here Are The 50 Most Confusing Ones (New Pics)
If you have ever wandered into the deodorant section of a store, you might end up confused as to why half the items represent things like flowers and fresh fruits, while the other half seems to focus on jungle predators and abstract concepts like “the captain” and “raw steel.” This is but a taste of how bad it can get with gendered things one can find in stores.
We’ve gathered some of the worst examples of companies needlessly gendering items and products. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote the most egregious examples, and share your thoughts and experiences in the comments section below.
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Now I Can Finally Wash My Dishes
For The Extra Charge, They Should At Least Throw In Some Menstrual Products
Why the heck are products "for girls" always more expensive? No fair!
Pay More, Get Less
I Was Going Through Stuff And Stumbled Upon My Dad's Old School Books
Kids' Globes, Because For Girls, The Entire World Is Pink, And Only Pink, Right?
Apparently, Men Don’t Deserve Bright-Colored Macaroons
Hi, your friendly neighborhood pedant here... aren't those macarons not macaroons?
Even Dogs Aren’t Safe
I love those bowls on the far left though, so sweet!
If You Get Your Boy Dog The Girl Dog Shampoo, He Will Turn Into A Flower
Apparently girl dogs get dry skin and boy dogs smell bad. So if I meet a smelly dog I will now know it is a boy dog. (Been sarcastic in case people cannot tell)
I Have A Feeling There's Going To Be A Lot Of These Kinds Of Posts This Season, But Wow, This Is Bad
A Local Restaurant Offers A Woman's Meal That Is Half The Food Of A Man's Meal But For Only A Dollar Less
$1 less and you get HALF the food? Look at the numbers! Half as much should COST HALF as much.
It’s Water
My Dad's Tape Measure
Your dad probably ended up paying more than if he had got the men's one tho
Damn, That’s Crazy
The Three Genders Of Gardening Gloves: Precision, Grip Extreme And Lady Garden
So do you use the lady garden gloves when you are pruning your lady garden.
God Forbid If Your Child Learned The Wrong Alphabet
Astronaut,ball, dinosaurs, robot, umbrella vs apple, butterfly, dolphin, rainbow, unicorn... This s**t is infuriating
Thank God, My Son Won’t Go Without Male Batteries
This German BBQ Cookbook With Recipes "For Him" And "For Her"
I Found This Terribly Gendered Bathroom Sign While Looking For A Local Restaurant
Thanks, FaceApp. Very Cool
I've turned my boyfriend in to a handsome bearded woman many times, never saw this lol
Gendered Garbage Cans
Sheryl! You must be ladylike when depositing rubbish! And for goodness' sake use the right bin! What am I going to do with you?
How Would Anyone Know That This Is Masculine Deodorant For Men Unless We Present It With Nuts And Bolts
Wouldn't Want To Look Ridiculous Now, Would We?
When my daughter was young it was enough hassle keeping ONE bag ready to go and filled with all of the essentials, we had no time for ‘Dad bag’ or ‘Mum bag’, we just had bag.
I Don’t Dare To Think About What Will Happen If I Accidentally Eat The "Wrong" Bratwurst
Left: women’s bratwurst with sea salt and Mediterranean spices.
Right: men’s bratwurst with fried onions and cheese.
Haven't you heard what happens if people of the female persuasion eat onions and cheese? OMG the horror! The horror!
Cotton Swabs For Only The Manliest Of Ear Canals
Now i have images of men's ear canals being like the corridor in Temple of Doom.... full of traps and what-not.
Chocolate-Flavored Cereals Of All Things
Just Why?
I Found This At A Walmart, Because Girls Need Special Basketballs
Crab Is For Girls And Spicy Tuna Is For Boys
What’s the point?? Why not just say California vs spicy tuna?
If You Are A Girl Who Is Interested In Science, Make Sure That Your Microscope Is Pink
hey at least they've accepted that girls might be interested in science! if it even works, that is
Well, Damn. I Bought These, Not Realizing I Couldn't Use Them
one of the comments under the original post on reddit: I am a woman who is currently typing with my tongue after trying and failing to use men's nail clippers. Learn from my mistake.
When You're An Insecure Man Who Thinks Skin Care Is Feminine
Day Planner For The Boss And For Girl Boss (I've Checked, The Pages Are Identical)
Gendered Bow And Arrows
Men Exercise And Women Bleed. The Ingredients Are Exactly The Same
Pointlessly Gendered Candy
Boys get a wolf whistle. (a whistle with a rising and falling pitch, directed towards someone to express ... attraction or admiration.)
Who Would Want This On A Cup Anyway?
Of Course, The Pink One Will Be More Expensive
Are You A Girl Or A Dreamer?
well you see the only things we girls dream about are big strong men solving all our problems /s
Since as we learned from the alphabet if you're a girl you can't dream of being anything like an astronaut or clown so might as well not have dreams
Ok, so these names are quite sexist, but sidetrack, these perfumes are great! I always wear the little girl one and it's lovely.
I only dream about a manly man impregnating me and solving my problems!/s
This Product Strikes A Cord
Ah Yes, Because We Need To Split The Bible
The male version contains details on how to control women’s bodies, the female version has information on how to be subservient and a good wife. Simple really.
Just Why?
As A Man, I'm Going To Exclusively Start Drinking This
Because Phone Cases Have A Gender
Pointlessly Gendered Piggy Banks
Because Men Don’t Drink Wine And Women Don’t Drink Beer
It's worth noting that the champagne flutes are shallow and thus the ball is more likely to bounce out. Am I implying that this game is designed to make women drink more and get more drunk? Yes, yes I am because men are horrible.
Saw At My Local Yarn Store
Literally The Same
Because Girls Will Melt If They Don't Use A Sparkly Pink T-Ball Bat
My Poor, Poor Mother Bought This, Not Realizing It’s Illegal For Her To Eat It
Party Queen And King Crowns, But They're Exactly The Same
Does Men’s Hair Grow Differently?
I measured and can confirm that the size is no different from any other tweezers. Yes, I did buy them (Great sale!). I hope they work on my woman's hair!
I Was At The Pharmacy, And I Found These Snack Bars. I Love Pointlessly Gendered Products
I Saw These In A Christian Bookstore Near Me. Why Are Children's Bibles Gendered?
Jesus: It doesn't matter whether you are gentile or Jew, slave or free, woman or man. Companies: no no no no no
"Do Not Disturb" Signs From My New York City Hotel. This Seems Unnecessary
The Viking Yogurt For Manly Man Only
I Love My Manly Tissues
I buy "mens'" tissues because they are generally bigger and often thicker.
Why Is A Lighter Gendered?
Make Sure You Are Using Your Gender's Hand Sanitizer
I Would Hate To Hang My Coat On The Wrong Hook
Found This At Lidl In Austria. Finally, A Soup For Boys And A Soup For Girls. I Can Now Eat My Princess Soup And Enjoy A Nice Warm Meal Just For Women
Can't Have Girls Wearing Blue
A reference to the early ores, when they had ruby's? After all dyed leather arm wouldn't be shiny!
Just Drink The Damn Gin
Walkie-Talkies I Found At Tractor Supply Company
if a girl tries to use the green ones they automatically spontaeneously combust. it's a new feature.
Ok, But Why? Hair Ties Are Hair Ties
Exact Same Product, Gendered Packaging
I actually bought a pair of these for my dogs, whose birthdays are only 3 weeks apart. They cost the same amount, so I'd consider this pretty harmless.
I Guess The Other Pronouns Can't Use These Pots
In German, plant is "die Pflanze", grammatically feminine. It's hard for some people to get that a plant's pronoun in English is "its". My benevolent guess ;)
Store Near Me Has Gendered Trail Mix
His And Her Hand Cream
This Girl And Apparent Boy Cow That Came In A Noah's Ark Play Set
This Shampoo Is For Male Cats And Dogs
I didn't know that the concept of a fragile ego has been extended to dogs too.
The Two Genders: Gamer And Gamer Babe
These Children’s Books At The Mall Only Have Stories About Wizards For The Boy Names, And Stories About Unicorns For The Girl Names
and what do you know they don't have my name :'( it's fine I'm used to it by now
Apparently, Girls Can't Like Guns If They Aren't Pink
Why Are The Cups In Our Hotel Room Gendered? What's The Point?
I know they are gendered, but I still like the aesthetic. Pls don't downvote
Just What I Needed: Gendered Dog Beer
I Almost Got My Dog The Wrong Treats
Thankfully, There Is No Pink Tax. Heaven Forbid, A Guy Wants Bright Colors
I Thought You'd Get A Kick Out Of This. Just In Case, Man Golf Balls Are Too Hard Or Something?
Kinda Torn About This One. It Appears To Just Be Monopoly, But With Mr. Monopoly's "Self-Made Girl-Boss" Niece On The Cover
I'm not sure about the 'women make more than men' bit. are they going to let women make more money to make the family turn on itself? or what? because it's not as if girls playing monopoly always lose on the normal version
Shocking Evidence Of The Gender Pay Gap
Hetty and Henry are the same price, Henry Extra has a 50% bigger capacity.
Ah Yes, The Gender Juice. The Product We Need. I Went Grocery Shopping, And Our Local Shop Started To Sell It
I Found Some Gendered Tea In The Wild
The Women's tea sounds better. Then again I really love hibiscus.
Chapstick For Men
These Both Have The Exact Same Ingredients
They Are The Same Thing
Men and women do not have the same needs regarding nutrition so maybe, in this case, the gendered products are necessary. We need to read the details on the label to tell if it’s just marketing.
Garage Sale In My Hometown
I would buy all of them just to spite whoever did this. I would wear a bright pink dress while doing it too (well I would if I had a bright pink dress). Like one time my brother got a book called stories for boys and I made a point of reading it before he did. somehow my brain didn't explode
Are Boy Babies And Girl Babies Wildly Different? Why Specify That Both Can Use This?
Healthy Appearance vs. Muscle Strength
These are supposed to be different if I remember correctly, womens version contains folic acid or something like that, I dont know if we do need different multivitamins tho
BMW Is A Man's Car. Mercedes Is For Women
Okay, a lot of these are just plain stupid. But let's not get carried away with forcing the gender neutral c**p, shall we? Sometimes it's just fun to have different versions of things. And speaking for myself (a not-very-girly-at-all woman), especially when I was little, I loved pink, girly stuff and things in "boy colours" just didn't catch my attention. And no, I wasn't raised to think like that, quite on the contrary. That being said, if you're a girl and you like "boy stuff" or the other way around, just pick the variant you actually like.
Unfortunately kids can be particularly cruel about teasing their classmates who buy the wrong colours or a girl toy for a boy. And adults do not help that attitude. So while we definitely need products in a wide variety of colours (and sometimes also different sizes for different sized hands) and a wide variety of scents we do need to move away from gendering everything and make it more acceptable in society to get stuff in the colour, style and scent you like rather than in what your biological gender says you should get according to society.
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The saddest part is that there are so many people, men and women, who like this and will happily buy needlessly gendered products.
Aw, it's so sad when people have the option to please themselves in a way that you don't approve.
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I don't care if one thing is one colour and the other another, and if one is labeled 'male' and the other 'female'. Seriously, does it matter? What I DO find appauling is that two IDENTICAL products are priced differently - this is purely cynical marketing ploy to extract money from the gulible. Does it REALLY matter if it says 'Male'? I don't like musk smells and like citrus so would probably pick the female one anyway if given the choice.
Actually I'm surprised that so many are horrified to learn of the pink tax. Probably I'm being cynical, but I always thought it was a well known issue. In some countries there are even different taxes on women's products and men's products. In Italy for example razors are taxed as necessary items (4%) instead period products are luxury items (22%).
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I once accidentally ate a Luna Bar, and I could immediately feel my manhood shrinking, and I even started to feel some emotions, but after eating a dozen Slim Jims and shooting a baby deer with an AR-15, I’m happy to say I’m back to my manly self.
Temindz me of the “boys axe” my dad got me from rural king so that I could learn to chop wood. Apparently only little boys can yes an axe…
Easy solution against stupid stuff gendering: don’t buy, full stop. Like many problems in the world, the solution is individuals using their brain.
Why is the female bowl smaller? Edit: I see now this is the point of the post, geez I can't finish this.
Everyone wants to fault the companies for making pink/girly versions of things for women. No one wants to talk about the fact that these things sell. (Edit: Just saw that FunOldGuy already addressed this. It's BP, so naturally he's been downvoted)
Okay, a lot of these are just plain stupid. But let's not get carried away with forcing the gender neutral c**p, shall we? Sometimes it's just fun to have different versions of things. And speaking for myself (a not-very-girly-at-all woman), especially when I was little, I loved pink, girly stuff and things in "boy colours" just didn't catch my attention. And no, I wasn't raised to think like that, quite on the contrary. That being said, if you're a girl and you like "boy stuff" or the other way around, just pick the variant you actually like.
Unfortunately kids can be particularly cruel about teasing their classmates who buy the wrong colours or a girl toy for a boy. And adults do not help that attitude. So while we definitely need products in a wide variety of colours (and sometimes also different sizes for different sized hands) and a wide variety of scents we do need to move away from gendering everything and make it more acceptable in society to get stuff in the colour, style and scent you like rather than in what your biological gender says you should get according to society.
Load More Replies... The saddest part is that there are so many people, men and women, who like this and will happily buy needlessly gendered products.
Aw, it's so sad when people have the option to please themselves in a way that you don't approve.
Load More Replies... I don't care if one thing is one colour and the other another, and if one is labeled 'male' and the other 'female'. Seriously, does it matter? What I DO find appauling is that two IDENTICAL products are priced differently - this is purely cynical marketing ploy to extract money from the gulible. Does it REALLY matter if it says 'Male'? I don't like musk smells and like citrus so would probably pick the female one anyway if given the choice.
Actually I'm surprised that so many are horrified to learn of the pink tax. Probably I'm being cynical, but I always thought it was a well known issue. In some countries there are even different taxes on women's products and men's products. In Italy for example razors are taxed as necessary items (4%) instead period products are luxury items (22%).
Load More Replies... I once accidentally ate a Luna Bar, and I could immediately feel my manhood shrinking, and I even started to feel some emotions, but after eating a dozen Slim Jims and shooting a baby deer with an AR-15, I’m happy to say I’m back to my manly self.
Temindz me of the “boys axe” my dad got me from rural king so that I could learn to chop wood. Apparently only little boys can yes an axe…
Easy solution against stupid stuff gendering: don’t buy, full stop. Like many problems in the world, the solution is individuals using their brain.
Why is the female bowl smaller? Edit: I see now this is the point of the post, geez I can't finish this.
Everyone wants to fault the companies for making pink/girly versions of things for women. No one wants to talk about the fact that these things sell. (Edit: Just saw that FunOldGuy already addressed this. It's BP, so naturally he's been downvoted)
