Scams

We live in a capitalist society that tends to prioritize financial growth over authenticity, which means we are surrounded by scams. And I don&#39;t just mean fake phone calls about car insurance. Scams are built into our everyday lives in ways that we&#39;ve been conditioned to think are &quot;normal&quot; uses of our money. And many of these socially accepted scams are targeted at women (not that I&#39;m judging anyone who falls for them, as someone who spends over $100 a month on anti-aging moisturizers).In a popular Reddit thread, someone <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskWomen/comments/ox9xxq/what_is_something_thats_clearly_a_scam_but_women/" target="_blank">asked</a> women of Reddit: &quot;What is something that&#39;s clearly a scam, but women have been conditioned to believe its normal?&quot;<h2>These 25 women reveal the popular and socially-accepted scams that are marketed to women:</h2>1.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/belindabellagiselle/">belindabellagiselle</a>:<blockquote> The markup on wedding stuff. People should spend whatever they want on a wedding, but the fact that a venue is $1000 for a banquet and $2500 for a wedding is clearly a scam. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>2.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/pennyherb/">pennyherb</a>:<blockquote> Your vagina is self-cleaning and not supposed to smell like strawberries. Any product claiming to clean your vagina is an infection waiting to happen. As someone who has been intimate with both sexes, I have yet to meet a vagina that smelled or tasted bad. The same cannot be said for penises. (Also, f**k fragranced menstrual hygiene products that just make you smell like chemically, flowery blood). </blockquote>3.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/okyes319/">okyes319</a>:<blockquote> Everything that Gwyneth Paltrow promotes. </blockquote>4.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/coffeemuffin21/">coffeemuffin21</a>:<blockquote> &ldquo;Getting your body back&rdquo; after birthing a child. As if it went somewhere. </blockquote>5.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/shattered7done1/">shattered7done1</a>:<div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> Paying more than men do for many services: haircuts, dry cleaning and clothing alterations to name a few. </blockquote>6.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bats131/">bats131</a>:<blockquote> Shaving their bodies. Total scam. </blockquote>7.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TillyThyme/">TillyThyme</a>:<blockquote> Accepting clothing without pockets. </blockquote>8.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PinkLadyApple1/">PinkLadyApple1</a>:<blockquote> &ldquo;Treatments&rdquo; for things like cellulite and stretch marks&hellip; they don&rsquo;t need &ldquo;treating&rdquo; they are not a problem or health issue!! </blockquote>9.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/changnesiac-abed/">changnesiac-abed</a>:<blockquote> Wearing heels. What kind of a sane person does that? </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>10.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/lavender-pears/">lavender-pears</a>:<blockquote> Putting up with bullsh*t from a male partner that they&#39;d never dream of putting up with for anyone else. </blockquote>11.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Any-Honey-5891/">Any-Honey-5891</a>:<blockquote> The double standard of pain tolerance. Men think they&#39;re tough but I would bet anything they&#39;d have spent billions upon billions of dollars to try and treat or find workarounds for pain that we encounter regularly. </blockquote>12.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/GreatGospel97/">GreatGospel97</a>:<blockquote> Weddings and marriage. The institution of marriage isn&rsquo;t a scam but we&rsquo;ve been scammed to believe we need it and that we need it to complete and validate us&mdash;yawn! </blockquote>13.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Dry_Distribution6826/">Dry_Distribution6826</a>:<div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> Makeup in general. It&rsquo;s fine if it&rsquo;s used by choice but the expectation to constantly look &ldquo;fresh and flawless&rdquo; is such a freaking scam. </blockquote>14.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CauliflowerSad5027/">CauliflowerSad5027</a>:<blockquote> The entire diet/&quot;wellness&quot; industry. </blockquote>15.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/579red/">579red</a>:<blockquote> -Having your value depend on men wanting you, having to put your partner&#39;s emotional stability and needs before yours -Women being &quot;competitors&quot; in society: no we are not Highlanders, there can be more than one woman in this department thank you very much. -Beauty is not the rent your pay to exist in this world (no idea who originally said it but I love her) </blockquote>16.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/bmichellecat/">bmichellecat</a>:<div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> 1.) MLM schemes 2.) WEDDINGS 3.) &quot;Beauty&quot; vitamins like Biotin/Collagen etc. You&#39;re literally peeing those out. </blockquote>17.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SpunkyHylian/">SpunkyHylian</a>:<blockquote> Bras 💅 </blockquote>18.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mimiandthekeyboard/">mimiandthekeyboard</a>:<blockquote> Lying on your back when you&rsquo;re giving birth. </blockquote>19.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Marawal/">Marawal</a>:<blockquote> The mom-industry. Most parenting books are scams, based on 4 studies and a half (if that), oftentimes very biased by the author&#39;s own experiences and unaddressed childhood traumas and frustrations. Also, you don&#39;t need half the stuff everyone will tell you to buy otherwise you&#39;re the worst mom ever. Especially educational-toys, and such things. </blockquote>20.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LOnlyHandz/">LOnlyHandz</a>:<div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> Douching. The vagina is a self-cleaning oven. </blockquote>21.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/gesasage88/">gesasage88</a>:<blockquote> Sh*tty devices that break quickly. Every womens electric shaver I have ever bought broke within 1 month of use. So I bought a mans razor instead and got one that came with a warranty. It&rsquo;s black instead of pink and has lasted me 7 years without degrading. </blockquote>22.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Pugsnotdrugs411/">Pugsnotdrugs411</a>:<blockquote> Marriage Also taking a guy&rsquo;s last name after getting married, I know most women probably don&rsquo;t mind or even think twice about it, nor am I trying to shame anyone but it feels very much like a holdover from the era of women being treated as literal property. </blockquote><blockquote> Especially since men tend to balk at the idea of taking a woman&rsquo;s last name instead. Then again, that too is still a man&rsquo;s last name so we really can&rsquo;t win on that front I guess </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>23.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/WalkieRookie/">WalkieRookie</a>:<blockquote> The price of sanitary towels, tampon, cups.. its a necessity, GODDAMIT </blockquote>24.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Hokusai135/">Hokusai135</a>:<blockquote> Diamonds </blockquote>25.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Upinmybuttt/">Upinmybuttt</a>:<blockquote> those women&#39;s magazines from the early 2000s with gossip and lies, how to lose weight, what men really want, etc. I mean they still exist, but they are like a comedy prop to me now because of how blatantly terrible they are. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

25 women share female-targeted scams we’ve been conditioned to think are normal.

We live in a capitalist society that tends to prioritize financial growth over authenticity, which means we are surrounded by scams. And I don&#39;t just mean fake phone calls about car insurance. Scams are built into our everyday lives in ways that we&#39;ve been conditioned to think are &quot;normal&quot; uses of our money. And many of these socially accepted scams are targeted at women (not that I&#39;m judging anyone who falls for them, as someone who spends over $100 a month on anti-aging moisturizers).In a popular Reddit thread, someone asked women of Reddit: &quot;What is something that&#39;s clearly a scam, but women have been conditioned to believe its normal?&quot;These 25 women reveal the popular and socially-accepted scams that are marketed to women:1.) From belindabellagiselle: The markup on wedding stuff. People should spend whatever they want on a wedding, but the fact that a venue is $1000 for a banquet and $2500 for a wedding is clearly a scam. 2.) From pennyherb: Your vagina is self-cleaning and not supposed to smell like strawberries. Any product claiming to clean your vagina is an infection waiting to happen. As someone who has been intimate with both sexes, I have yet to meet a vagina that smelled or tasted bad. The same cannot be said for penises. (Also, f**k fragranced menstrual hygiene products that just make you smell like chemically, flowery blood). 3.) From okyes319: Everything that Gwyneth Paltrow promotes. 4.) From coffeemuffin21: &ldquo;Getting your body back&rdquo; after birthing a child. As if it went somewhere. 5.) From shattered7done1: Paying more than men do for many services: haircuts, dry cleaning and clothing alterations to name a few. 6.) From bats131: Shaving their bodies. Total scam. 7.) From TillyThyme: Accepting clothing without pockets. 8.) From PinkLadyApple1: &ldquo;Treatments&rdquo; for things like cellulite and stretch marks&hellip; they don&rsquo;t need &ldquo;treating&rdquo; they are not a problem or health issue!! 9.) From changnesiac-abed: Wearing heels. What kind of a sane person does that? 10.) From lavender-pears: Putting up with bullsh*t from a male partner that they&#39;d never dream of putting up with for anyone else. 11.) From Any-Honey-5891: The double standard of pain tolerance. Men think they&#39;re tough but I would bet anything they&#39;d have spent billions upon billions of dollars to try and treat or find workarounds for pain that we encounter regularly. 12.) From GreatGospel97: Weddings and marriage. The institution of marriage isn&rsquo;t a scam but we&rsquo;ve been scammed to believe we need it and that we need it to complete and validate us&mdash;yawn! 13.) From Dry_Distribution6826: Makeup in general. It&rsquo;s fine if it&rsquo;s used by choice but the expectation to constantly look &ldquo;fresh and flawless&rdquo; is such a freaking scam. 14.) From CauliflowerSad5027: The entire diet/&quot;wellness&quot; industry. 15.) From 579red: -Having your value depend on men wanting you, having to put your partner&#39;s emotional stability and needs before yours -Women being &quot;competitors&quot; in society: no we are not Highlanders, there can be more than one woman in this department thank you very much. -Beauty is not the rent your pay to exist in this world (no idea who originally said it but I love her) 16.) From bmichellecat: 1.) MLM schemes 2.) WEDDINGS 3.) &quot;Beauty&quot; vitamins like Biotin/Collagen etc. You&#39;re literally peeing those out. 17.) From SpunkyHylian: Bras 💅 18.) From mimiandthekeyboard: Lying on your back when you&rsquo;re giving birth. 19.) From Marawal: The mom-industry. Most parenting books are scams, based on 4 studies and a half (if that), oftentimes very biased by the author&#39;s own experiences and unaddressed childhood traumas and frustrations. Also, you don&#39;t need half the stuff everyone will tell you to buy otherwise you&#39;re the worst mom ever. Especially educational-toys, and such things. 20.) From LOnlyHandz: Douching. The vagina is a self-cleaning oven. 21.) From gesasage88: Sh*tty devices that break quickly. Every womens electric shaver I have ever bought broke within 1 month of use. So I bought a mans razor instead and got one that came with a warranty. It&rsquo;s black instead of pink and has lasted me 7 years without degrading. 22.) From Pugsnotdrugs411: Marriage Also taking a guy&rsquo;s last name after getting married, I know most women probably don&rsquo;t mind or even think twice about it, nor am I trying to shame anyone but it feels very much like a holdover from the era of women being treated as literal property.  Especially since men tend to balk at the idea of taking a woman&rsquo;s last name instead. Then again, that too is still a man&rsquo;s last name so we really can&rsquo;t win on that front I guess 23.) From WalkieRookie: The price of sanitary towels, tampon, cups.. its a necessity, GODDAMIT 24.) From Hokusai135: Diamonds 25.) From Upinmybuttt: those women&#39;s magazines from the early 2000s with gossip and lies, how to lose weight, what men really want, etc. I mean they still exist, but they are like a comedy prop to me now because of how blatantly terrible they are. 

We live in a capitalist society that tends to prioritize financial growth over authenticity, which means we are surrounded by scams. And I don&#39;t just mean fake phone calls about car insurance. Scams are built into our everyday lives in...