At the shops

[imhilien]

Today I went to a shopping mall looking for a new backpack as I needed one and there are sales on at the moment. One thing I wanted for my ideal backpack was lots of extra compartments.  I noticed the ones probably aimed at males were in sober colours with lots of compartments. The backpacks aimed at females were bright and cheerful with only one extra compartment, if that. Sometimes it looked more decorative than useful.

When you see this sort of thing, you can't unsee it (like the pink tax). Grr.

In the end I found and bought a navy blue backpack with some pink detail and lots of extra compartments. Maybe they realised tomboys / serious women existed as well after all...

Comments

[ruuger]

My current handbag is a 'man bag' which I bought from the men's department, because I could not find an over-the-shoulder bag that wasn't much too big or didn't have glitter, tassels, or something else that would surely fall off if I ever needed to wash the bag.

It's just so frustrating how difficult it is to find basic accessories or clothes for women that don't have some extra decorations that only add to the price or lower the quality (or in the case of lace, make the clothes itch).

[imhilien]

I'm sorry you had to really shop around to get a handbag you were happy with. I have a handbag that's not too frilly, but I would never spend $$$ to get an 'it' bag I'm somehow supposed to want. Meh.