Maternity Store Offers Discount Only To Lesbian Customers

Dan82 · Apr 24, 2011

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/04/23/maternity-store-offers-discount-only-to-lesbian-customers/

A maternity shop in Park Slope is offering a 10 percent discount to its customers—its lesbian customers.

Karen Paperno, of the maternity and breastfeeding boutique Boing Boing, said the sale is not a social commentary, but just a way to help her clientele, who she said is struggling.

“Women make 77 cents on the dollar still. When two women are leading a household, they’re not making as much money as a married couple,” Paperno said. “They’re not making as much money as other couples do. They don’t have as much discretionary or disposable income.”

The neighborhood is changing, she said, and often times, the families with two women cannot afford to remain there...

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Chandra · Apr 25, 2011

Well, I suppose her heart is in the right place, but if we expect shop owners not to be allowed to discriminate against us for being queer, we can't really have them discriminating against people for being straight, either.

raven23 · Apr 25, 2011

Chandra said: ↑

Well, I suppose her heart is in the right place, but if we expect shop owners not to be allowed to discriminate against us for being queer, we can't really have them discriminating against people for being straight, either.
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Totally agree, while it is good that lesbian couples are getting more recognition, I can't see is as a totally positive idea

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