Friday, April 18, 2008



Okay... I know I'm not blogkeeper or whatever any more but... I am perplexed! My birthday is coming up and becasue we had a coupon for 50% off an item at Michael's for this week, I got to pick out my gift last night. So... I got a really nice easel I can minimize to use on a tabletop or take outside. Along with that, I wanted to get an artist's manikin. So... we went to go get one and guess what. If you want to buy a 12" wooden manikin of a female figure it costs $9.99. If you want to buy a 12" wooden manikin (same wood, same brand) of a male figure, it costs $16.99. What's the deal? Gender discrimination in art supplies??? Does anybody have any idea at all why this might like this? I could understand a maybe a dollar difference - maybe but almost twice the price? I think this sends the message that men are worth more than women. What do you think? Does anybody have any ideas why this might be?

4 comments:

Annie said...

I don't know...that's weird. I don't know if it's discrimination or wrong price marking. Very strange, though...

Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner said...

Did you ask at the store? Did they have an explanation? Seems very bizarre and worth raising the question with the store. If they don't have a good answer a quick email to the manufacturer might be called for.

Casey said...

I asked and no one was really quite sure why. They did verify that these were the correct prices but no employee appeared older than 18 either. I think I will right the manufacturer.

barbara said...

I think there is a video piece here!! Can you all find other examples---the modern filmmakers class at MCAD not listing women filmmakers (only 4% of the director's guild members are women)...a female art form being half the price of a male...

Seems like a good question to ask with a video--why the difference?