The clothing bit was the only thing that surprised me, in the Netherlands I feel women&#x27;s clothing is incredibly, ridiculously cheap. My gf buys solid branded 30 euro pants, mine start at 40 and are shitty, solid branded pants start at 70-80, for example. The difference is pretty huge. Buying decent formal wear for work is much more expensive for men, both the shoes and the suit I feel. For some decent leather shoes I&#x27;m spending upwards of 150 euros, gf walks around in stylish 30 euro leather short heels that are fine quality, 80 euros would be considered expensive but long lasting for her.<p>I know it&#x27;s anecdotal, but I&#x27;ve talked about this with friends quite often and they all say it. And men&#x27;s floors are usually singular, too, the other 2-3 floors are all for women, with one especially for girls. The competition for women&#x27;s clothing is so strong it&#x27;s pushing prices down. Thought it&#x27;d be no different in the US. Not just shops either, second hand markets for girls are insane, you&#x27;ll easily buy pants for 2 euros at the ijhallen (popular fleamarket in Amsterdam, mostly for girls age 19-26 or so) that cost 30 euros in the shop a year ago, and have the same quality as a guys&#x27; 80 euro pants haha. It&#x27;s crazy.<p>Then there&#x27;s the laundry, I&#x27;ve never heard of that before either, nor seen it. Different prices for hairdressers though is very common here though, in fact certain gender-only hairdressers are pretty much the majority. All the other stuff like razors, a more expensive &#x27;female version&#x27; of a toy etc is really familiar, too.0