The clothing bit was the only thing that surprised me, in the Netherlands I feel women's clothing is incredibly, ridiculously cheap. My gf buys solid branded 30

The clothing bit was the only thing that surprised me, in the Netherlands I feel women's clothing is incredibly, ridiculously cheap. My gf buys solid branded 30 euro pants, mine start at 40 and are shitty, solid branded pants start at 70-80, for example. The difference is pretty huge. Buying decent formal wear for work is much more expensive for men, both the shoes and the suit I feel. For some decent leather shoes I'm spending upwards of 150 euros, gf walks around in stylish 30 euro leather short heels that are fine quality, 80 euros would be considered expensive but long lasting for her. I know it's anecdotal, but I've talked about this with friends quite often and they all say it. And men's floors are usually singular, too, the other 2-3 floors are all for women, with one especially for girls. The competition for women's clothing is so strong it's pushing prices down. Thought it'd be no different in the US. Not just shops either, second hand markets for girls are insane, you'll easily buy pants for 2 euros at the ijhallen (popular fleamarket in Amsterdam, mostly for girls age 19-26 or so) that cost 30 euros in the shop a year ago, and have the same quality as a guys' 80 euro pants haha. It's crazy. Then there's the laundry, I've never heard of that before either, nor seen it. Different prices for hairdressers though is very common here though, in fact certain gender-only hairdressers are pretty much the majority. All the other stuff like razors, a more expensive 'female version' of a toy etc is really familiar, too.0