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Wrong.

Here’s a excerpt from a recent Feministing article that details the outrageous ways in which capitalism thrives on sexism…

“The average American woman will woman will spend over $20,000 on cosmetic products alone between the ages of 13 and 29. And that doesn’t include manicures, pedicures, haircuts, [relaxers], or colorings – that’s just for makeup products. Once you add in those services and include other services like tanning and waxing, the number goes up over $40,000. Over the course of a lifetime, the average American woman will spend about $500,000 on making herself beautiful. Half a million dollars. That’s a studio apartment in New York. It’s two full rides to medical school. And while a lot of women never go tanning or get a pedicure, and while products and services obviously cost less depending on where you live, as well as a number of other factors, that’s still an enormous percentage of women’s collective earnings being spent on making ourselves beautiful. As I said on Wednesday night, I’m in no position to tell anyone how to spend their money, but I think it’s important to take a moment and imagine all the other things we could do with that money, and to carefully examine the reasons why we spend it on making ourselves beautiful.”

And if time is money, then how much more are we losing?

http://www.feministing.com/archives/020344.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Feministing+(Feministing)

Thanks to Robyn Levine for finding this article and bringing up the issue of time as well!