The expenses of being female;it costs more than being a man!

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Most of these things are optional. Like make-up. If a guy really likes you, he will like you even without make-up on. Odds are he won't even notice if you're wearing it or not. Purses? Personaly, all I need is a tiny plastic bag to put my phone+my wallet+whatever book I'm reading.
Pads and tampons? Get a menstrual cup, it's cheaper.
Hair removal products are necessary, because society apparently hates womens body hair as much as they hate serial killers, but if you're single (or is in a relationship with someone who doesn't care what you shave) you really only need this products in the summer.
And men also have to spend money on things we don't, like shaving foam and razors, all year long.

Gotta agree with Gallygun et al. here- these are pretty petty things to get hett up about in the grand scheme of things.

I don't know.

But physically it's better to be a male I think.

I have to dehydrate myself just to feel physically okay sometimes. I have overlarge breasts and they almost tear my back muscles off the attachment sometimes. Only way I know how to solve it is dehydrating myself so I lose some water weight off them.

And let's not get into being weaker than a normal 13 year old boys even though I work out like a deranged f****r.

Screw this body...breasts instead of strength, fat instead of muscle, oedema and pain instead of functionality.

The OP has a fair point, it is the norm for women today to buy and use all of those products. Personally, I choose not to use makeup, blow dry or straighten my hair, wear bras, or use pads or tampons. But honestly it's kind of hard sometimes when every single woman you see walking down the street has makeup, styled hair, and fashionable clothing on. I think it's a bit unrealistic to say that these things are petty, because most people do expect women to wear these things. I can say right now that I look completely different when I wear makeup and have styled hair, and I do look kind of out of place compared to other women around me when I don't have those things on. When I first started not wearing makeup or doing my hair, it took a really long time for me to get used to. Our society expects women to wear these things. Can you imagine, for example, a woman showing up to a job interview for a big business and not wearing makeup and having natural, air dried hair?

Those things aside however, I think that these are more relevant when you're talking about single men and women. Men are typically expected to financially support their wives and children, and are expected to manage the money.

Heaven forbid we're not wearing makeup all the time and dressing up for the men.

I work as a receptionist, typical female job.
& I only wear makeup if I have to when I work (which is maybe 1/100 times)

I never wore makeup when I was doing student teaching, but I did keep my hair pinned up to avoid having to blow dry/comb it. My hair is really thick and wavy though, so it does get a bit of a mess sometimes. I remember before we had our first semester of student teaching, during the orientation we had someone come and talk to us about how important your appearance and how you're supposed to look "professional". Kind of reminds me of that TV show, "What Not To Wear" where they always make all the women out to look pretty much the same. They always talk about how important it is to keep up your appearance in a work environment, and a lot of those women do dress nicely, but a lot of times it's just simply different to the norm. They do make a big fuss about makeup and hair in that show too.

I don't know, I think that during a job interview an employer is going to look and judge your appearance, and I think that to a lot of people, hair that is not done and no makeup comes off as sloppy or unkept. I'm not saying I agree with it, but I do believe that that's how many people think.

Depends on how you do it.
If you look like you've just been dragged through a hedge backwards of course it makes a bad impression because it shows you have a low self-esteem or whatever, but thats very different than dolling yourself up.

Hahaha, no worries.