Rant time! Was shopping today at ShopRite and had to pick up earplugs. Here are the only two kinds available at the store. Yay...I thought his and hers earplugs for some reason. Then I noticed something weird. The sale price of both was equal. But the amount they were marked down was not. Confused I looked closer. Turns out the regular prices were not the same! If you look at the bottom, the pink are regular $4.39. The blue $3.89. Well maybe the pink ones are stronger? Nope! The pink have an NRR of 32. The blue 33. Well maybe there are more in the pink package? Nope! Both have 14 pairs. Well maybe the ShopRite is charging more because the company is charging them more for some strange reason? Nope! The unit cost for 100 of both kinds is $24.93. I've heard of the 'pink tax' before but never really paid attention. But here before me was a perfect example! Not only had a company gone out of its way to make 'women's earplugs', which aren't as good as the standard blue kind, but the store is selling them at a higher price for no good reason! This is insanely stupid. ShopRite you should know better. And Hearos we don't need separate earplugs for women. In case you didn't know, our ears are the same as men's. #sexism #pinktax #ShopRite #shopwrong