They are. Pennsylvania’s gender discrimination law closely tracks those of other states, and prohibits sex discrimination only against patrons of…
The violator cited in the Wikipedia article was a bar that was doing business as a restaurant in order to get a cheaper liquor license. In either case it would likely have qualified. A clothing store, not so much.
Hairdressers tend to charge men less and it isn’t, apparently, a case of charging more to deal with LONG hair. As a longhaired guy I’ve always resented it, feeling that in practice it means they won’t be bothering to do as good a job as they would with a woman with long hair who would be paying them more. Anyway, my point being the same point others have made, that price differentials are all over the place already. I’m against it, but it’s not unique to the OP’s situation.
It article in the OP is about a consignment store, selling items produced by women. Who will receive 76% now too.
“Wait, you’re cutting our profits?”
“Your crappy little trinkets weren’t going to sell anyway. This way we’ll generate foot traffic. Volume, honey, volume.”
No, you are looking at it wrong. The price being charged to women is the market price. When they sell to men, they get a 31.5% mark-up!
A clothing store would fall under “retail stores and establishments”.
Huh. I stand properly corrected. I only skimmed it and read that as only referring to those where beverages are sold for consumption on the premises.
“The idea behind the shop, dubbed 76<100…”
Between this and Flonase 6>1, maybe the memories of a few people will be refreshed in terms of which way the greater than/less than sign goes. 
All I can think about is: what about borderline cases?
If someone is transgender, what price would they pay? If they’re transitioning, does it matter which gender they’re transitioning into?
Or a simpler case, if a man cross-dresses successfully, buys goods at 76% of the price, and then is discovered to be male, could he be sued for something?
If men try cross-dressing a lot to try to trick the cashiers, will people end up having to “prove” that they are the correct gender? Or is it up to the cashier to judge?
If a cashier sees a manly woman and thinks she’s a man and charges her the wrong price…
… eh, I’m bored with this now.
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All I can think about is: what about borderline cases?
If someone is transgender, what price would they pay? If they’re transitioning, does it matter which gender they’re transitioning into?
Or a simpler case, if a man cross-dresses successfully, buys goods at 76% of the price, and then is discovered to be male, could he be sued for something?
If men try cross-dressing a lot to try to trick the cashiers, will people end up having to “prove” that they are the correct gender? Or is it up to the cashier to judge?
If a cashier sees a manly woman and thinks she’s a man and charges her the wrong price…
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Barring a statute that makes gender identity a protected class, all but the second question would be a matter of store policy. Just saying, dressing like, or presenting yourself as a certain gender does not obligate anybody else to accept that statement. It’s the same as prayer in schools, and forcing children to say the pledge of allegiance; both of which have been ruled unconstitutional.
In answer to the second question, such a person could be charged the same as if they tried to swap price tags in any other store.
Yes, it’s this. Plus protest/publicity.
They aren’t really expecting to sell to men. Sounds like a nice way to get the (female) customer on your side. (insert female:math joke here)
You’re in Brooklyn and hate hipsters? Have you thought about relocating?
Asian-Americans earn more per capita than African-Americans, in the USA. Do you think a “Asians must pay more than black people” store policy would fly?
Gender-discrimination protection means both genders. It doesn’t mean protection for women only.
Yes, it is. However, it’s a topic that’s as incendiary as abortion or gun control, so I keep my mouth shut about it unless I’m talking about it with someone who I know agrees with me.
Does this mean that Girl’s High in Philadelphia is operating illegally? Here is how Wiki describes it:
There used to be a corresponding Boy’s school, called Central High, also public, but it was made coed after a lawsuit. I am a graduate of Central (202nd class), which is located two blocks away.
Also, this store policy doesn’t reflect individual circumstances. Wouldn’t a male janitor earning minimum wage pay more, for a store product, than a female brain surgeon earning $500,000 a year?
Back in the early 1990s, I got that excuse from my former dry-cleaner. He told me that women’s shirts are smaller than men’s, and require “smaller” machinery.
I pointed out that my boyfriend’s shirt and my shirt were the same size (I’m 5’9" and weighed about 140# at the time), and that I took a larger size than the smallest man’s dress shirt size. Both were plain cotton dress shirts (I don’t do ruffles or pin-tucks or any of that froofraw). So other than the side the buttons are on, how were they different again?
Depends. More than once, my boyfriend dropped off our identical shirts and got the $.99 price for all of them. I got the $2.49 price. I guess the employee didn’t think a man would drop off his girlfriend’s shirts. :mad:
I’m glad I don’t have to wear dress shirts to work anymore. Long live IT dress codes (not quite business casual…really just casual), and the death of the suit in IT!
I’d wager heavy money not as well as “whites pay more than blacks” would,.
It’s kind of a chicken-and-egg thing. When a family has to take a career hit, it’s most likely the lower earner who is going to take the brunt.
We don’t know what “life choices” women would make if they had equal career prospects. We do know that when workplaces became open to women, women certainly didn’t stay away.
Why should I move? They’re the ones who suck!