Georgette Sand is a French feminist collective. The group is named after "George Sand", the genderbending pen name of 19th century French author Aurore Dupin.[1] In 2015, the group led a campaign to remove the French tampon tax, in which feminine hygiene products are taxed as non-essential goods under sales tax code.[2][3] By the end of the year, they won a reduction in the value added tax from 20% to 5.5%.[4] The group also led a campaign against companies that charged more for goods branded towards women, also known as the "pink tax" or—as Georgette Sand called it—a "women tax".[5][6] The campaign spread quickly through France.[7] The group also runs a blog that collects examples of the price differences.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b https://news.vice.com/article/the-woman-tax-french-campaign-highlights-discriminatory-gender-based-pricing
- ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35070148
- ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34538672
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/11/france-votes-cut-tax-tampons-sanitary-towels
- ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-11-04/france-to-study-claims-of-sex-bias-in-supermarket-goods-pricing
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/04/french-stores-woman-tax-pricing-investigation
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/11/19/france-investigates-a-secret-tax-that-targets-women/
- lots of details in french: http://www.lamontagne.fr/paris/france/politique/2016/03/08/le-feminisme-a-la-georgette-sand_11814811.html
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/societe/actu/1501190-pub-sexiste-hommes-egalite-des-sexes/
- http://www.femmeactuelle.fr/actu/news-actu/collectif-georges-sand-l-homme-feministe-27782
- http://cheekmagazine.fr/contributions/woman-tax-pourquoi-avons-monte-le-collectif-feministe-georgette-sand/
- http://cheekmagazine.fr/societe/georgette-sand-chatte-sexisme-politique/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/opinion/the-pink-tax.html