Pointlessly gendered products

The cars I've had have always had adjustments, and I'm not short so didn't notice.

This is part of living in a world designed for and too much by men. Most men and quite a lot of women are oblivious to size related issues. Cars are generally somewhat better now, some are good - but not all are good enough.

Thanks Errol, I hadn't heard of that.
The cars I've had have always had adjustments, and I'm not short so didn't notice.
I think cars have got better. In the 80s my mum (who is 5 foot) used to drive around sat on a cushion because she couldn't see over the steering wheel, but seats generally have built in height adjusters now.

What's the seatbelt issue?

If you're short, the top connection can be too high so the belt lies against your neck rather than on the shoulder. It's not an insuperable problem (for the front seat at any rate) as some car models do have a large enough range of adjustment to work for short and tall people. But others don't - I can't see any structural reason on the cars we've got why they couldn't have made the adjuster go lower. (Unfortunately none of the cars which had sufficiently adjustable belts fitted our other criteria re size etc. )

The point about pink razors was not to supply a demand for a colour preference. It was to mark the 'Lady' razor out as special and imply, without actually saying, that the blade was specially formulated for the purpose, therefore more expensive.

It was only when consumer journalists had the razors tested that it was admitted the blades were exactly the same.

What's the seatbelt issue?

I recently bought a hi vis running vest, and in addition to the usual yellow one, you could get this.
To be fair to Karrimor and Sports Direct, it wasn't listed as "ladies", just on the shelf next to the yellow one.

Why do I need to have a pink razor?

I buy these. Is orange a men's colour?
I also sometimes get some dark blue ones (shock!) from either Morrisons or Aldi, I can't remember.
Nobody needs to buy pink razors, the shops don't force you to buy them.

You tailor it to the average PERSON

And fall between the two?

Does not the 'average' person have less than two legs, one breast and one testicle?

Someone on one of our local freecycle groups was asking recently for a "girl's" carry-cot for her newborn!

"How would you solve something like the seatbelt issue? Obviously an issue but surely unless you tailor every seatbelt to each driver a large number of the population will be disadvantaged."

You tailor it to the average PERSON rather than the average man or get ones that work for a bigger range of people.

Last time I took the kids to our local fire station open day, one could buy yellow firefighter hats.... or pink

All firefighter hats are yellow or white, right? Why bloody pink?!

OTOH, some products it's vital to have a choice of 'gender' ...isn't it funny how we all know exactly what 'Male' and 'female' mean?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/compression-adapting-female-coupler-15mm-x/93992

Vs

https://www.screwfix.com/p/compression-adapting-male-coupler-15mm-x/69358

How would you solve something like the seatbelt issue?

Most front seatbelts are adjustable height - some cars have sufficient vertical range to fit a short person well, others don't.

All of these things!!! I have found my people!

There was another advert recently I think it was by Decathlon? Could be wrong. I'll try and find it and basically it said they stocked mens running and ladies jogging clothes and the uproar they got from that. Within hours it was changed

Lady pens.....top lady reviews all an absolute must-read!

www.amazon.co.uk/BIC-Her-Medium-Ballpoint-Pen/product-reviews/B004FTGJUW?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

How would you solve something like the seatbelt issue?

Gosh, we put a man on the moon, I’m pretty sure some boffin out there could figure it out if sufficiently incentivised.

Noblegiraffe has it. Exactly that. I'd wear a pink seatbelt if it had been made to fit me, a woman.

How would you solve something like the seatbelt issue? Obviously an issue but surely unless you tailor every seatbelt to each driver a large number of the population will be disadvantaged.

There was an ad in the tube a couple of years ago that I loved. It was for vitamins and was about kids being active and imaginative. In the ad, the little girl was dressed as a cowboy and the little boy was dressed as a chef. No stereotypes, no handwringing about identity, it was kids being kids. And it was just so fucking cool.

Halloween costumes!

In Aldi there was a 'boys skeleton costume' which as you'd expect was a black onesie with white bones on it.

Then there was the 'girls skeleton costume'. Black top attached to pink tutu with see through parts and glitter all over it.

Why????

True that noble

And yet the areas in which we do actually need stuff aimed at women, like seatbelts in cars or body armour for police officers, there’s suddenly a disinterest in providing this and the men’s stuff will do.

Exactly what @OhMsBeliever said. It's not about liking pink, it's the choice being made for is as women and then being made to pay more for the needlessly pink things we are told we must buy.

It's not the fact that you like pink, it's the fact that everything for female must be pink. I don't need pink razors, or pens, or tools. Like we mustn't like any other colour.

I can look at a globe without needing it to be pinkified. I can shave with the blue razors I buy. I can write with the black or blue pens I normally buy. Why do they have to be special womanly ones that are no different in any way? Why are they marketed to women? Why not just another choice of colour for anyone of any sex to buy?

I like pink as well. It suits me and I buy a lot of pink clothes, so I’m quite happy to buy pink stuff to match my clothes. You can have my feminist card back if you want.

Can’t stand the lego friends shit though. Really annoys me.

I have incredibly pale skin and really dark hair. Only really strong pinks suit me. I don't mind wearing pink if I choose to and it's the right shade. But I object to only being able to buy pink pjs or pink slippers or a baby pink hoodie - it's not a practical colour, especially in winter.