Patriarchal tax, yeh pay for my coffee bitch

 Patriarchal tax, yeh pay for my coffee bitch 

Pay for my coffee bitch, I know I’m not the first person to come up with this idea or anything but the more dates I rack up with reluctant payers the more necessary I believe it to be. 


Men over their lifetime earn more, work less and gain higher promotions while taking on the least amount of unpaid caregiving responsibilities. What’s new? Well it seems like some men have got confused over their place in the dating world. 


This is unfortunately an argument well, let’s say a disagreement I have with my flatmates regularly. They are staunchly in disagreement about men needing to foot the bill for a first date, but let me tell you why they’re wrong;


First and foremost men are losers, oops sorry I can’t go full misandrist this early on. Basically the short and sweet of it is, women at least in the UK earn on average 7% less than men, do 10 hours more of house work per week and are responsible for 60% of the caregiving. On top of all of this bullshiteee we are also subject to some absolutely criminal pricing practicing dutifully named the pink tax, yehh an additional 37% we pay on our products for no fucking reason. 


This is also not to mention the precious time we spend getting ready for dates, and we all know time = money baby soo pay the fuck up. 


References

It's demure to acknowledge your sources


Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2024. Gender pay gap in the UK: 2024. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/genderpaygapintheuk/2024/pdf [Accessed 7 Jan. 2025].

The Times, 2024. Female leaders in finance earn 30% less than male peers. The Times. Available at: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/female-leaders-in-finance-earn-30-percent-less-than-male-peers-ljf26n66l [Accessed 7 Jan. 2025].

Fawcett Society, n.d. The Pink Tax: Costing More Than You Realise. Available at: https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/blog/pink-tax-costing-more-than-realise [Accessed 7 Jan. 2025].

Everyday Sociology Blog, 2016. Pink Tax and Gender Pricing: Gender in the Checkout Aisle. Everyday Sociology Blog. Available at: https://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2016/01/pinktax-and-genderpricing-gender-in-the-checkout-aisle.html [Accessed 7 Jan. 2025].

Office for National Statistics (ONS), n.d. Women carry out 60% more unpaid work than men. ONS. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/women-and-unpaid-labor-statistics [Accessed 7 Jan. 2025].

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