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According to Gillette, there's a difference between men's and women's razors and razor blades. Whether it's just marketing copy or it's actually the truth, I co

• lmcnish14 11y ago
  Of course they want women to use the women's razors when they're more expensive. That's just common sense on their part.
• mdip 11y ago
  There are pretty significant differences. Prior to the latest version, the women's product has been much larger (they're pretty similar now, except for the blade assembly). The blades also included a larger rubber pad on both the top and bottom of the blades. On a basic visual inspection, the women's product seems like it should cost more. I'd imagine some women prefer the larger blade and find the much larger handle more convenient for reaching areas of the body men don't typically shave. My wife, however, loves using my (inexpensive) Dorco razor. She doesn't care about the added padding on the top/bottom of the blades, nor that it's not specifically a "women's" product. I think the marketing copy holds some actual realities here. They've made a product that they believe was designed to meet unique shaving needs of most women, it's a product that uses more raw materials, and required unique R&D that was not shared with their men's razor. It also had the added risk that women would reject it due to these differences.