| 单词 | pink tax |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspink tax pink tax n. an inordinate price markup on services and products marketed to or bought by women (especially as compared to similar products for men), characterized as a tax on femininity.In earliest use denoting a similar markup affecting gay men, perceived as a tax on their sexual identity. [With reference to products marketed towards women after French taxe rose (2014 or earlier). With the use of pink in this context compare the etymological note at the main etymology.] ΚΠ 1990 Pink Paper 3 Feb. 6/1 French pink tax... The 33% tax [on Minitel telecommunications] affects..those putting in gay personal contact ads. It doesn't affect straight ads. 2014 France 24 (Nexis) 4 Nov. L'Oreal boss Jean-Paul Agon, who heads the world's largest cosmetics company, has said he is ‘not at all aware of a pink tax’. 2020 Sun (Nexis) 8 Mar. Campaigners are fighting to axe a ‘pink tax’ that hammers women at the tills when they buy the same products as men... Females are penalised when they buy a range of products from clothes and swimwear to razors and shaving gel. < as lemmas |
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