If you’ve never seen a women’s razor commercial featuring a curvy razor prancing around, you have not lived. Other razor commercials feature similarly charming images like potted plants/ bushes being trimmed by an invisible hand, waxen legs on beaches, and women shaving while dancing/ running. I don’t know about you, but the thinly veiled symbolism of bushes/trees and women wielding blades definitely makes me want to buy things.
It’s strange how even the shape of razors are supposed to mirror women’s bodies – the sloping sides, ergonomic design.
In contrast to men’s razors, women’s razors are chunky, less effective, and often more expensive. Razors marketed to men are unadorned, designed to be sleek and simple, and the claims on the packages are about how they work instead of how they look cute or have a moisture bar.
Truthfully, I don’t want to pay more for a razor that looks like an augmented female body when I could buy a ‘man’s’ razor for half the cost and not end up with cuts all over my shins.
