It has happened TWICE now.
First I was at a soap crafter's table at a carnival. I was happily sniffing away at the lavender, rose, teaberry and other samples when the proprietor storms over and informs me that "the mens' section is over here!" I was then lead to a small corner of the booth, in which were kept colorless bars of soap that had no scent, or smelled faintly of Stetson cologne.
I wandered back to the soaps with the pretty colors and scents, and was one again instructed that only the soaps she had shown me would be appropriate for a man's use.
I had thought of inquiring about the insecurities of the men in her life, but kept my mouth shut and walked 25 feet away to another soap booth (where I spent about $40).
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I walked into Bath & Body Works a while back looking for the C.O. Bigelow shaving cream that's really Proraso in a nicer tube, but stopped to try some vanilla hand moisturizer from the tester pump.
Immediately the store supervisor rushed over with a look of genuine concern on her face, and informed me that the only products available for men were in a small, 2 foot section of shelf in the back.
When I got to looking at the Jasmine Cherry Blossom hand sanitizer, she decided to escort me to the mens' section, and explained that the majority of the store was products intended for women.
What gives? Are these women used to being around men who are too insecure to use a product that smells in any way floral? Do the men in their lives soothe their chapped hands only with motor oil? Do they shower only with Ivory, because Irish Spring is too girly?
Coincidentally, I was just given a bottle of the Jasmine Cherry Blossom hand sanitizer by a woman in my office, who found the scent too masculine for her.
First I was at a soap crafter's table at a carnival. I was happily sniffing away at the lavender, rose, teaberry and other samples when the proprietor storms over and informs me that "the mens' section is over here!" I was then lead to a small corner of the booth, in which were kept colorless bars of soap that had no scent, or smelled faintly of Stetson cologne.
I wandered back to the soaps with the pretty colors and scents, and was one again instructed that only the soaps she had shown me would be appropriate for a man's use.
I had thought of inquiring about the insecurities of the men in her life, but kept my mouth shut and walked 25 feet away to another soap booth (where I spent about $40).
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I walked into Bath & Body Works a while back looking for the C.O. Bigelow shaving cream that's really Proraso in a nicer tube, but stopped to try some vanilla hand moisturizer from the tester pump.
Immediately the store supervisor rushed over with a look of genuine concern on her face, and informed me that the only products available for men were in a small, 2 foot section of shelf in the back.
When I got to looking at the Jasmine Cherry Blossom hand sanitizer, she decided to escort me to the mens' section, and explained that the majority of the store was products intended for women.
What gives? Are these women used to being around men who are too insecure to use a product that smells in any way floral? Do the men in their lives soothe their chapped hands only with motor oil? Do they shower only with Ivory, because Irish Spring is too girly?
Coincidentally, I was just given a bottle of the Jasmine Cherry Blossom hand sanitizer by a woman in my office, who found the scent too masculine for her.
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