Australian Cafe posts man tax

[zekko]

I saw this on Fox News this morning. An Australian cafe charges men an extra 18% to compensate for the so called gender wage gap. The announcer asked "Why don't they just pay the employees 18% more"?

https://www.indy100.com/article/vegan-cafe-man-tax-melbourne-australia-gender-pay-gap-debate-7879161

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

Didn't click the link, but the sounds like the owner is using their store to make a political point. That CAN'T be a business decision, it's just too stupid. (unless the owner is a woman...)

 

[speed dawg]

Yeah, this one is easy. Just stay out, the natural order of things will take care of that idiot. Or, if you have time on your hands, just sue the sh*t out of them for discrimination.

 

[zekko]

However, a devil's advocate might ask: Do you view this as similar or different in its justifiability or lack thereof to a "Ladies' Night" in a bar? Both are the very same act of sex-discriminatory pricing.

The motivations are very different, obviously. This is a place called Handsome Her, and according to the article is a place "for women, by women". Their sign makes the point that women have priority seating. They're obviously not courting male customers, although I'm sure they get a certain New Age sensitive type of "man" in there.

With Ladies Night, obviously the idea is that if you can draw in more women, you'll draw in more men, and you have more profit.