# Thoughtful and Humourous {Pointless Gendering of Products} **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285 "2023-08-29T14:38:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/41 "2023-08-31T00:17:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And more than one skeleton. And one testicle. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/42 "2023-08-31T00:32:07Z")
I’m sure I’ve saved a fair bit of money over the years by buying the male version of various items. Minoxidil, for example. My husband and I share the same bottle. The one product I do currently purchase the feminine version of is Degree deodorant - they make that stuff in all different scents, and as it happens the one I like is marketed to women. I’ve decided I’ll pay a bit more for a scent I like. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/43 "2023-08-31T01:59:59Z")
Your husband? I didn’t know you had remarried. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/44 "2023-08-31T02:29:31Z")
The relatively few who undergo surgery are perhaps compensated by the slightly greater life expectancy of women. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/45 "2023-08-31T18:00:42Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > In the late 1990s, there were ads for Hemorid, a hemorrhoid cream “specially formulated for today’s woman.” (They put it in a pink box.) An elderly man who had about 5 teeth asked me about this, and before he bought it, said, “Them things ain’t gonna look at the box!” The worst part of all that is the idiot marketer who didn’t name the product “Hermorrhoid.” ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/46 "2023-08-31T18:06:42Z")
Am I the only one who uses Baby wipes? Doesnt matter if its for boys or girls. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/47 "2023-08-31T18:08:39Z")
I do. Costco. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/48 "2023-08-31T19:35:08Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > > > In the late 1990s, there were ads for Hemorid, a hemorrhoid cream “specially formulated for today’s woman.” (They put it in a pink box.) An elderly man who had about 5 teeth asked me about this, and before he bought it, said, “Them things ain’t gonna look at the box!” > > The worst part of all that is the idiot marketer who didn’t name the product “Hermorrhoid.” Or Shemorid. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/49 "2023-08-31T22:56:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > …handling firearms while day-drinking… This pretty accurately describes my whole existence. With Dachshunds. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/50 "2023-09-01T00:02:41Z")
Wait, are the dachshunds armed or are they day-drinking? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/51 "2023-09-01T01:33:37Z")
They drink Boulevardiers, Salty Dogs and Greyhounds. ---
**Author:** ![Bashorian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bashorian/32/3546_2.png) [@Bashorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bashorian)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/52 "2023-09-01T04:46:29Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > The one product I do currently purchase the feminine version of is Degree deodorant - they make that stuff in all different scents, and as it happens the one I like is marketed to women. I’ve decided I’ll pay a bit more for a scent I like. Remember those Secret ads, “Strong enough for a man but made for a woman?” I’m a guy and stumbled on to Secret in the 90s somehow, and it was the best deodorant I had used so I stuck with it. My wife would occasionally bring home men’s deodorant for me, like “kerosene scented 4x4 Underarm Paste.” And I’d just go buy some baby powder scented Secret. Men’s deodorants that I’ve used are greasy and enhance body odor. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/53 "2023-09-01T04:50:40Z")
I bet you smell great! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/54 "2023-09-01T05:43:17Z")
The Dachshunds are Enablers. And Killers. Very good at both. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/55 "2023-09-01T17:28:07Z")
> [@Bashorian](#): > > Remember those Secret ads, “Strong enough for a man but made for a woman?” That’s my brand of choice. In my teens I went through a period of excessive perspiration so I had the heavy duty Certain Dri and Secret as a kind of moisturizer after application. It worked a charm, and while I no longer need Certain Dri I still use Secret Clinical Strength. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/56 "2023-09-01T22:52:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Naval Diplomacy” That’s all I’ll use on my navel. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/57 "2023-09-01T23:39:22Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > > [@InternetLegend](#): > > > > Now there are pink Legos for girls. ⁢ > > I agree the gendering of toys is out of control, but many girls (and women) love pink. Why can’t we have our STEM toys be pink if we want them? And why can’t boys have pink LEGOS too? Yeah, that’s the issue. Pink Legos are great. Pink Legos _for girls_ seems like a two back, especially for a company that used to constantly push how their toy has no gender preference. If you have an explicit “for girls” product but no explicit “for boys” product, the implication becomes that the gender unlabeled produxr is “for boys.” ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/58 "2023-09-02T01:04:41Z")
Exactly. “This pink product, which is slightly more expensive, is for women, and then this one is for, y’know, **people**.” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/59 "2023-09-02T01:17:35Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > If I am going to manwipe, and I am not, at least it should have the decency to smell like barbecue sauce. 😆 Dude, that was nasty. I’m dying! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285/60 "2023-09-02T13:00:39Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > > [@Bashorian](#): > > > > Remember those Secret ads, “Strong enough for a man but made for a woman?” > > That’s my brand of choice. In my teens I went through a period of excessive perspiration so I had the heavy duty Certain Dri and Secret as a kind of moisturizer after application. It worked a charm, and while I no longer need Certain Dri I still use Secret Clinical Strength. There are a couple of “men’s” brands that are pretty much the same thing, and also come in a neutral “unscented” version. I pick between them and "unscented " Secret based on price. Usually the men’s brands are cheaper. (That is, they are the same price but the men’s item contains more product) but it varies. I’m traveling now, and have a tube of Secret in my overnight case. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughtful-and-humourous-pointless-gendering-of-products/989285.md?page=4)