Let's Go Shopping!

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2923821/Women-spend-three-years-shopping-in-lifetime.html

 

this article shows a few statistics on how often women shop. The average woman spends 3 years shopping in her lifetime, but why is this? It is interesting that this is something that is interesting to write about... women do seem to shop a lot, but what is the main reason for this? It is because women are told they need to shop, or is this because this is a bonding experience for them when they go out with other women? Is the materialistic culture the reason for the shopping, or just the stereotype, or mainly both? In the article they also divide up the time spent shopping for certain items. Could another reason that women shop so much be because they are responsible for carrying on the household i.e. buying clothes for the family, food to be cooked, cleaning supplies.
Men do stuff around the house too, and they do shop as well... but there doesn't seem to be a need or hype around it.

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