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Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 21, 2024

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

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What is the threshold for the court viewing it as an illegal scheme?

If the charge structure doesn't match the Progressive stack it's illegal.
In its simplest form, it would be illegal to charge women more than men, but not the reverse.

Charging women more than men is legal and common- it’s standard practice for things like haircuts and dry cleaning.

Do women get charged more than men when they bring an entirely male-coded set of clothes to the dry cleaner or ask for a crewcut at the hairdresser where you live?

I don’t know what lesbians pay for their haircuts. I do know that barbershops prominently display prices as ‘men’s’ ‘women’s’ ‘kids’.

I don’t know what lesbians pay for their haircuts. I do know that barbershops prominently display prices as ‘men’s’ ‘women’s’ ‘kids’.

Femmes go to regular women’s hairdressers, butches usually go to quirky, queer-friendly barbers staffed by tattooed men with beards and lumberjack shirts.

it would be illegal to charge women more than men, but not the reverse

This is not clear to me. My sense is that you could construct a scheme where you can do this. For instance, by a) not using corporate structures, b) using your own money supply, which you mint and control. And worse comes to worse, c) using a different jurisdiction.

...but then you could still be charged with something like racketeering or creating some sort of conspiracy? I don't know.