why women pay more

“California, which in 1996 became the first state to ban gender pricing, found that women paid about $1,351 annually in extra costs and fees. Apply that figure to the rest of the women in the country and the total burden is staggering - roughly $151 billion in markups, more than what the federal government spent on education last year and greater than the budgets of 43 states.”

- Marie Claire, April 2012