There are two options: 1. Everyone is lying about their experiences just for pageviews / attention 2. You haven't experienced the described culture first hand

There are two options: 1. Everyone is lying about their experiences just for pageviews / attention 2. You haven't experienced the described culture first hand, and are rejecting something you haven't seen as "weird alternate reality". Is it that implausible that a manager would not want to pay $200 for women's jackets when he is getting the the men's jackets for $100 (numbers made up obviously). That's not Tumblr novella cartoon evil, it's not even "evil", it's just stupidity.