They should charge men more...even double. Women will certainly buy more junk at the expo and on race photos, so this will still end up costing women more in the end. They also need to drive a fancy luxury SUV to the race.
Don't forget that not all women have a husband bringing in the big bucks to pay for all of this.
Karl Hungus wrote:
What if I choose to identify as a woman?
pics?
Plus oner of posts wrote:
The News with Brian Williams wrote:Thank you for your good fight. Remember:
The penis mightier than the sword.
+100000
Thank you. Of all my snarky little comments, I don't think I have been as pleased with one as much as this.
There's nothing on the race website that says anything about tiered pricing by gender. Is the story bogus or did the website change?
Wow...how many people actually checked the website posted? It's a WOMEN's Half Marathon!!!
+10/10 for being the first to actually go to the website.
sc runner wrote:
Entering a race SPECIFICALLY advertised as being for women when you're a man is a major d-bag move in my opinion.
per hour wrote:
Men always pay more. If I pay $30 to run a half and I run it in 1:10, and a woman pays $30 to run the same race and runs it in 1:30, I am paying $25.73/hr and she is paying $20/hr.
Always?
Cause I'm pretty sure
per hour wrote:
Men always pay more. If I pay $30 to run a half and I run it in 1:10, and a woman pays $30 to run the same race and runs it in 1:30, I am paying $25.73/hr and she is paying $20/hr.
Always?
Cause I'm pretty sure Jordan Hasay is a women and pays $26.50 an hour
LQJTBF race director?
Is she mad bro?
In addition to Fox, Canadian Running News is confirming the 23% surcharge for men.
http://runningmagazine.ca/2017-des-moines-womens-half-marathon-fee/
Imagine the hell that would be raised if BAA charged women 20% more to register/sign-up/run.
Hypocrisy /racism-reverse racism/misogyny-reverse misogyny sucks.
The News with Brian Williams wrote:
Plus oner of posts wrote:+100000
Thank you. Of all my snarky little comments, I don't think I have been as pleased with one as much as this.
sad^
Half Off? wrote:
In addition to Fox, Canadian Running News is confirming the 23% surcharge for men.
http://runningmagazine.ca/2017-des-moines-womens-half-marathon-fee/Imagine the hell that would be raised if BAA charged women 20% more to register/sign-up/run.
Hypocrisy /racism-reverse racism/misogyny-reverse misogyny sucks.
From the syntax of your post and others, it looks as if the race raised awareness of the wage gap among a lot of uneducated people.
Teragernsted wrote:
Private entities can charge whatever price they want for their goods and services and the free market will sort the rest out. Discussion is pointless because it will not change this outcome.
Price discrimination is illegal.
Can't you all process your hurt feelings in your Men's Rights Groups and leave the rest of us alone? I feel like I'm watching a really bad episode of The Bachelor with all of the anger, jealousy, and desperate cries for attention.
If I were the race director, I'd probably have to charge you 23% more so I could afford an on-course therapist to get you through the race, bogged down as you are with emotional baggage.
NOP Skeptic wrote:
per hour wrote:Men always pay more. If I pay $30 to run a half and I run it in 1:10, and a woman pays $30 to run the same race and runs it in 1:30, I am paying $25.73/hr and she is paying $20/hr.
Always?
Cause I'm pretty sure Jordan Hasay is a women and pays $26.50 an hour
You really think that Jordan Hasay is paying an entry fee to run a road race?
Also, how many women do you think Jordan Hasay is? Last I checked, she was just one woman.
You have 20 extra minutes to consume post race refreshments before the penguins waddle home.
google the 23% surcharge and you'll find some cached google results, one of which is the "FAQ's" page of the race website, where they state that yes, they are charging men 23% more to reflect the "wage gap (myth)".
went to iowa once wrote:
There's nothing on the race website that says anything about tiered pricing by gender. Is the story bogus or did the website change?
googler of things wrote:
google the 23% surcharge and you'll find some cached google results, one of which is the "FAQ's" page of the race website, where they state that yes, they are charging men 23% more to reflect the "wage gap (myth)".
went to iowa once wrote:There's nothing on the race website that says anything about tiered pricing by gender. Is the story bogus or did the website change?
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Googler of things, you come off like a sad and angry divorcee. I have a few hypotheses (non-comprehensive) that may explain your logic:
1. You were once (or currently are) married and relied on your wife's unpaid labor to rear your children, but you somehow think you're the only adult in the house who works;
2. You're feeling the squeeze of the global economy, namely, the outsourcing of male-dominated and well-paying blue collar jobs. You blame the consequences of neoliberalism and the gradual killing off of the American middle-class on women--who have done relatively well in terms of making up ground in the job market in recent decades--instead of wealthy corporations;
3. You're a garden variety misogynist who hasn't really given this much thought;
4. You've given this a little thought, but it never occurred to you to factor in how gender inequality shapes' families' decision-making, such that women are more likely to take time away from work for pregnancy and child-rearing (many men aren't allowed maternity leave; it's more stigmatized for men to stay home, etc.), which ultimately hurts women's career trajectories over time; you don't account for the overvaluation of male-dominated vs. female-dominated jobs that require similar skill levels; you happened to overlook the MANY sociological studies that have documented gender discrimination in the workplace...(actually, there's a shit-ton of research out there, which you can find in a library or via google scholar);
5. No amount of evidence or rationality will shake your deeply-held allegiance to the status quo.
There are other halfs in the area. Why would a male even bother to participate? If ZERO males raced, the event would go away, and the c-words running it would have to find some other way to irritate people.
F Iowa and F Mike and Frank, American Pickers and Iowa natives. Eat me, boys.