{"id":418,"date":"2016-08-02T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/fighting-for-equality-one-blouse-at-a-time\/"},"modified":"2016-08-02T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T11:54:00","slug":"fighting-for-equality-one-blouse-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/fighting-for-equality-one-blouse-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting for Equality, One Blouse at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-1016527c-c240-f3a5-5dda-c46c4f2dd804\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">At <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Simply Laundry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, your premier laundry <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">delivery service in Toronto<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, we believe that everyone should be treated equally, especially when it comes to clothes. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-1016527c-c240-f3a5-5dda-c46c4f2dd804\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Men and women are treated differently, that&rsquo;s no secret, but does it actually <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">cost<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> more to be a woman? The Washington Post says yes. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2015\/12\/22\/women-really-do-pay-more-for-razors-and-almost-everything-else\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In a recent article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, the newspaper cites numerous examples where women were charged up to 30% more than their male counterparts for identical products that differed only in gender-specific packaging. The article highlights a study from The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs that found that when &ldquo;Controlling for quality, items marketed to girls and women cost an average 7% more than similar products aimed at boys and men.&rdquo; And the injustice doesn&rsquo;t stop there. Add in the wage gap (in the United States, women make approximately $0.79 for every $1.00 men make) and women are definitely at a distinct disadvantage. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-1016527c-c240-f3a5-5dda-c46c4f2dd804\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Hair products (48% more), haircuts (25% more), and razors (11% more) topped the list as some of the more egregious discrepancies, along with one that particularly concerned us &#8211; in 2002, women paid <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">27% more<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> than men for the laundering of a white cotton shirt. Unfortunately, this is not a practice that Toronto is immune to &#8211; many local area dry cleaners upcharge female clients for gender-specific items such as blouses, skirts and dresses.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-1016527c-c240-f3a5-5dda-c46c4f2dd804\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Simply Laundry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> has never had gender-specific pricing for laundering and dry cleaning clothes. Our fair and transparent prices are available to everyone &#8211; no matter what their gender. Our primary objective is to free up more time for our customers by offering a hassle-free laundry and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">dry cleaning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> delivery service in Toronto. We ensure each and every one of our customers has an exceptional experience (and if not, we make it right!) every time they use Simply Laundry for their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">wash and fold <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">and dry cleaning delivery needs. Part of that exceptional service promise is providing great service combined with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/prices\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">fair, transparent pricing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">ALL<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> our customers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-1016527c-c240-f3a5-5dda-c46c4f2dd804\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Whatever you need professionally <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">dry clean<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> or laundered, be it a suit, skirt, blouse, comforter, sweater, or jacket, by choosing Simply Laundry you will receive fast, convenient service at fair, affordable prices and have your professionally laundered or dry cleaned order delivered right to your door! If you haven&rsquo;t tried Simply Laundry&rsquo;s dry cleaning and laundry delivery service, now is the perfect time to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/index.php?route=account\/register\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">sign-up and give us a try<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">; your only regret will be that you didn&rsquo;t try us out sooner!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Simply Laundry, your premier laundry delivery service in Toronto, we believe that everyone should be treated equally, especially when it comes to clothes. &nbsp; Men and women are treated differently, that&rsquo;s no secret, but does it actually cost more to be a woman? The Washington Post says yes. In a recent article, the newspaper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,60,61,34,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dry-cleaning-toronto","category-dry-cleaning-delivery","category-laundry-delivery-toronto","category-laundry-toronto","category-wash-and-fold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simply-laundry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}