Oh marketing
I use Shick green razors. A simple double-bladed kind, with that strip of lubricant/lotion/whatever-it-is to make them a little nicer. Years ago, I tried all different kinds of razors, and these were the kind that gave me the least razor burn (Though I can still only shave every other day. This is a problem.)
As an added bonus, they were one of the only kinds of razors without explicit gendering on the package.
So today I go to buy razors.
Seriously! Why did they have to go pour hommes all over my innocent razor packaging? Did they think that some woman might accidentally use a green razor instead of a pink one and suddenly grow body hair all over? Will men really not buy a razor if they think there's some chance somewhere a woman might be using a similar one to shave her legs? I guess using similar razors to women totally makes you gay.
And now, because I was dumping cellphone pictures onto my computer, some randomness:
As an added bonus, they were one of the only kinds of razors without explicit gendering on the package.
So today I go to buy razors.
Seriously! Why did they have to go pour hommes all over my innocent razor packaging? Did they think that some woman might accidentally use a green razor instead of a pink one and suddenly grow body hair all over? Will men really not buy a razor if they think there's some chance somewhere a woman might be using a similar one to shave her legs? I guess using similar razors to women totally makes you gay.
And now, because I was dumping cellphone pictures onto my computer, some randomness: