ABSTRACT
Women earn less than men. The gender wage gap exists in almost every country, with the notable exception of Iceland. The emergence of the terms ‘pink tax’ and ‘tampon tax’ in everyday language suggests that women may also be paying more than men. The terms refer to the additional amounts paid by women to purchase goods and services that are substantially similar to the ones acquired by men at lower prices and to the consumption tax collected on women’s sanitary protection products, which are deemed to be ‘luxury items’. This introductory chapter provides a brief summary of this book, which examines whether women are effectively paying more or not and, if in the affirmative, how these practices can be efficiently counteracted.
