Happy International Women's Day! It's Sophia again．I'm going to be speaking to you guys today about "pink tax"， otherwise known as gender tax．What is gender tax？ Gender tax is basically the idea that women have to pay more for certain products because they're marketed at women and not men．
Now you might be thinking， "How is this possible？" You may think if women across the globe realised that they were being charged more than men， they would be angry and they wouldn't buy the products．Unfortunately， no! Gender tax has sneaked （溜） into many everyday products that women and men aren't even aware of! We might be familiar with the classic examples of women's deodorants （除臭剂） or razors costing more than men's， but have you ever thought about something as simple as a plain Tshirt or a yoghurt？
Since her teens， Muriel Vega， now 29， of Atlanta， has bought men's razors and shaving cream．It's partly a costsaving strategy passed down from her mother， but she's also found that men's razors work better than women's．
A report by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs found on average that products geared （适合） towards women cost more than similar products geared towards men 42 percent of the time．But it doesn't just stop there．Even children are affected by gender tax．In the same report， they found that between two similar scooters （踏板车） from the same company - one was targeted at girls and one was targeted at boys - the one that was targeted at girls cost ￡16 more than that one targeted at boys．So girls and boys， men and women， people of all ages are affected by pink tax or gender tax．
So， what can we take from all of this？ Well， I think that the very first important step is to be aware of gender tax， to be aware of the products we're buying and to question whether one product is more expensive because it's for a woman or less expensive because it's for a man．You can help to raise awareness by sharing this video with all your family and friends．



Why is a Tshirt mentioned in Paragraph 2？ ______

A. To prove gender tax is avoidable．
B. To show gender tax is pretty low．
C. To prove gender tax is reasonable．
D. To show gender tax is everywhere．

Which moneysaving method is used by Muriel Vega？ ______

A. Purchasing less．
B. Buying men's products．
C. Sharing with her mother．
D. Using everlasting products．

What is Paragraph 4 mainly about？ ______

A. Why there is gender tax．
B. How to fight against gender tax．
C. Gender tax affecting almost everyone．
D. Women earning less and paying more．

Where is the text most probably taken from？ ______

A. A lesson plan．
B. An advertisement．
C. A business magazine．
D. A written text of a speech．