Haha! Genius! I agree with everything on there, especially the razors - I've also found that mens last far longer than womens too!!

....I think that in the back of my mind something comes to mind that nutritionally men need more iron than women - so some dietary supplements are actually geared toward that goal.

Don't quote me on that though.

I did get some girly tools, mostly to keep my dad from borrowing (=loosing)them.
But you're totally right, market does treat woman as some kind of "special condition".

The razors! Sweet jeebus the razors.... it should be sex discrimination to charge more for women's razors! I am like you I just use the bf's "manly" green and black razors (cooler colors anyway in my opinion) and we save tons of money.

Some of us hate pink you know.

Where can I get me one of those pink hammers. I keep losing mine.

I always liked this version of Scrabble: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3107660

It's the "Designer Edition" but I love that the word the player has is "fashion." Heck, you could do a whole article on needlessly packaged games. I mean, my mom is still going to challenge me if I play "Tribble" in a Star Trek branded Scrabble game.

Marketers do what they were taught in business school, which is market segmentation. That's why I once saw a point of sale display for a small flashlight called a Femlite. I remember old ads for Irish Spring, a heavily scented bath soap, with the tag line "Manly, yes, but I like it, too."

There are, of course, some reasons for market segmentation by sex. The Ladysmith handgun has a smaller grip because it's designed for a smaller hand. Most of the time, though, market segmentation by sex is as bogus as the Virginia Slims feminist-sell ads: You've come a long way, baby, to get where you are today. You've got your own cigarette now, baby, you've come a long, long way...mostly in the direction of the cancer ward.

Frankly, when a practical item is made in a pink 'girly version', I consider it a warning sign that it is made more poorly, or is going to be needlessly more expensive then the ungendered version. I'm sure I'm not even in a significant minority, when it comes to holding this view, and the persistence of such items suggests to me that an awful lot of marketers don't avail themselves of, well, reality. Or well constructed marketing studies.

I can definitely see scaling some products for women--and I've heard that a number of companies do make slightly smaller products for certain national markets... which begs the question 'why can I not find a Makita drill that i can use with one hand, dammit?!'--but I just saw a pink and tan ammo/hunting vest in the Browning catalogue, and that, people, is the sort of thing that makes no sense at all; even disregarding the pointlessness of the pink panels, in combination with the tan, it was just hideous.

@David: Actually, women are more prone to iron deficiencies than men, but I wouldn't rely on a 'sports/nutrition' bar for that, since the phytic acids in grains have been identified in some studies as interfering with optimal iron absorption.

This is a really great top ten list, excellent picks for these products, and even better idea. I've never seen a lady light up Marlboro Reds, but I guess you probably would if you didn't have Virginia Slims. Anyone can post their own list to our site http://www.toptentopten.com/. The coolest feature is you can let other people vote on the rankings of your list.

I feel very stupid for not realizing that men's razors are cheaper! I just always go to the women's section. NO MORE!

The point about pink hammers reminds me of when Lorilei decorated Rory's hammer on Gilmore Girls.

You missed the Smith&Wesson compact revolvers with the pink grips...Lady Smiths?