Why are fingernail clippers coded as female products?

I use sandpaper.

I bite my nails (terrible habit, I know), but a lot of other guys I know just use scissors to do it

Fulminator said:

I bite my nails (terrible habit, I know), but a lot of other guys I know just use scissors to do it

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wat

I've never seen anyone do this.

Got a nice Revlon one that always makes me laugh. I don't give a fuck though, thing works great.

I usually just get a pair from the dollar store and they're in the generic hygiene area. Which stores has fingernail clippers in a gendered section?

That hasn't been my experience at all.

https://www.walgreens.com/q/nail+clippers

The last time I bought clippers they were actually branded as "for men." It was the best product they had quality wise so I purchased it.

Otherwise I agree that gendered marketing for nail clippers is dumb. But I suppose everything else is like that so it isn't surprising.

? I use small specific scissors for nails. Nail clippers aren't as precise.

Something to remember is that even items for men will be marketed towards women because market research shows women buy those items for the household and therefore are making the ultimate purchasing decision on them.

Fulminator said:

I bite my nails (terrible habit, I know), but a lot of other guys I know just use scissors to do it

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I feel ya.

I used to be a chronic nail biter, and it was so bad, I'd actually start bleeding sometimes.

A lot of it had to do with stress, etc.

Glad I was able to get over that. But now that my nails grow again, it's such a hassle since apparently my nail grows super fast. >.<

Idk i havent bought nail clippers in forever but i remember always seeing them near the makeup section at drug stores so true

I've never thought of them as coded female, tbh. Though I usually just use one nail to chip at the others if I don't have clippers or don't know where they are.

subpar spatula said:

I usually just get a pair from the dollar store and they're in the generic hygiene area. Which stores has fingernail clippers in a gendered section?

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Target and walmart both do.

ElectricBlanketFire said:

wat

I've never seen anyone do this.

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I haven't done it any other way since the turn of the millenium. Note that it doesn't work with every kind of scissors, many are too thick or otherwise not shaped optimally, but once you find a good pair, you'll never want to go back. Funny enough, I never found actual "nail scissors" to be good at their purpose.

Slayven said:

You don't have a toe knife?

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Seconded.

Because for men to care for, and fuss over their appearance is seen as fey. We should all be rugged manly mountain men, lopping down trees with our uber-masculinity.

Real men bite their nails until they bleed.

I use toenail clippers for my fingernails (not the same ones I use for my toes) and nobody's gonna stop me

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What are you talking about?

Where do you live that stores do that?

Slayven said:

You don't have a toe knife?

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You run the risk of getting a botched toe job.

You buy them at a CVS or Walgreens? Because I've had to do the same.

I also use toner to keep my acne down and thus have had to go to the women's section for that as well. Same thing for q-tips, cotton balls, and anti-nail-bite (when they had them in stock).

Because any less than a blacksmith's grindstone is an affront to your man-claws.

I have a belt grinder in my workshop for that because I'm a man

The reason a lot of cosmetic products are targeted for a female audience. Marketing. Skin is skin, doesn't matter if you're male or female. But you'll get standard skin care stuff, and then male specific ones which are no different, or even worse but have 'manlier' scents.

Personally I use whatever works for me, and if I have to go in the female section or use those products, so be it

ElectricBlanketFire said:

wat

I've never seen anyone do this.

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Same. I've always used nail clippers

Sorry, I only use $80 overengineered clippers.

Never noticed, should do yourself a favor and get the little block to buff your nails too.

Lunaray said:

Sorry, I only use $80 overengineered clippers.

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Still better than the electric one:

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Thatonedice1 said:

I just bought a pair cause I lost mine and they are always in the female care products. Do most dudes bit their nails? I don't, that's nasty. Do you know what can get underneath your nails on a daily basis?

Point is I don't see why they are coded female. I use them and I don't think I'm a particularly feminie guy. So yeah, discuss.

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That is because the clippers are part of a larger market of nail maintenance that women constitute the majority of. once you understand the you can see why they are placed there.

Leynos said:

Because for men to care for, and fuss over their appearance is seen as fey. We should all be rugged manly mountain men, lopping down trees with our uber-masculinity.

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This is accurate. I typically use a combination of left jabs and right hooks to wear the tree down before throwing a bear at it to knock it over. Then I'll use either the tree's bark or the bears fangs to pare my nails back, whichever is tougher.

I've always seen it in the washroom section
But for the nail kits with a nail file and all that , I suppose you can find it in a makeup section

Fulminator said:

I bite my nails (terrible habit, I know), but a lot of other guys I know just use scissors to do it

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Just imagining this made me laugh

Discuss? It's nail clippers. Some brands are marketed neutral, others gender marketed.

Who gives a shit? Buy what you need and stop being self conscious over nail clippers.

Strafer said:

I use sandpaper.

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Real men use 20 grit sandpaper

Are they? My brother uses them. My boyfriend uses them. And I never had any problem using them even before coming out as trans.

Robot With Feelings said:

I have a belt grinder in my workshop for that because I'm a man

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Ha, manly men's men use a rusty scythe

They shouldn't be...though admittedly I haven't used them in years.

It must be a cultural difference, but in my country, it is the complete opposite! Nail clippers are seen as manly and rough and there are some that can be used as an accessory in your key ring. Some even come in ''manly colors'' and designs resembling Rider sandals. I don't know any women who use nail clippers - they always use a nail file instead.

To be fair we have a huge nail polish culture among women here, all women I know have their nails done 80% of the time and some go to nails salons every week. So probably the companies thought it would be better to market it to men alongside razors and aftershave in the supermarket.

How god damn dare they make me enter the feminine products section

Never ever seen one coded female, it's always in a extremely generic package in the hygiene area of the supermarket.

Slayven said:

You don't have a toe knife?

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I have never experienced this. Though I haven't had to buy a new pair of nail clippers in years. My parents got me a grooming kit some years ago that had 2 clippers, a file, some scissors, a comb, and a glasses repair screwdriver. It's all in a nice leather zip up case clearly marketed as for men. I've lost the comb (which is fine since it was for white people hair anyway) but that thing has served me well for nearly a decade now.

What are you talking about? I never found my nail clippers in the women's section...

Probably have 4-5 clippers at home and have no idea where they came from. If someone asked me where they are in a Walgreens I'd have no clue.

Nail clippers come in like generic blank packaging and cost 99 cents. Not sure where this idea comes from.

It's the beauty section, not women's section.

I use my keychain swiss army knife. Even has a file too.

anything that at all comes close to self-care, self-love, or understanding yourself as beautiful in any way is often times very demonized for men

even clipping your nails could be seen as unmanly

masculinity is ridiculous

I bought nail clippers the other week and was surprised to find all the different brands at the pharmacy were described as toe nail clippers.
..are we not supposed to clip our finger nails?