- Can a man use a woman's product?
- Let's talk about that.
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- No, not a sponsor although I do have some.
- We're just making the-- - I'm keeping them
for the apocalypse but these are just one of many,
many ridiculously gender-targeted products
on the market. - Right.
Why is this just for men and why is Just For Men
just for men and why are so many gender arbitrary products
marketed to only one gender?
Is there really a difference?
It's time for
♪ For a man or a woman ♪
♪ Can't believe these are on the shelf ♪
- You okay? - Busted a blessel.
- (laughs) A blessel. - A blessel.
- I busted a blessel.
Okay we're gonna be presented with two
extremely similar products.
One's gonna be the regular non-gender marketed version
of the product and the other will be the version
that is targeted to a specific gender.
- Okay.
- Test both versions and for one point,
guess which is the gender-marketed version
and then we can get another point if we correctly guess
which gender it is marketed to.
- Okay the winner in the end will receive
a delicious box of bro mein.
That's lo mein for bros.
- Oh, (chuckles) hey.
- I almost said bro mein for lows.
- (laughs) Yeah I'm allowed to be into that too.
- [Rhett and Link] Round one.
- Tea. - Tea.
It looks the same to me.
- Actually-- - I'm gonna start--
- [Rhett] One's cloudier.
- [Link] Oh yeah.
- That's for the men, that's got a little gristle in it.
(chuckles)
- Let's dink the dark one.
- Ugh.
Makes you feel like more of a man when you--
- It just tastes-- - When you drink that one?
- Ooh, this one's sweeter, this one's nicer.
- This one's better.
I don't know what that says about me.
About to find out.
- Yeah this one, this one here has got darkness in it.
- I mean what are we supposed to be looking for?
- A man with illness, I don't know, I mean this one--
- There's nothing about the taste.
I think that's the whole point, it's the whole point of this
is that it's all marketing.
There's nothing-- - Sure.
- There's nothing about this-- - Whoops.
- We have to go into the mind of the person who said
I'm gonna sell more of this if I market it
towards men or women.
- [Link] This is definitely more medicinal.
- I have a guess. - I'm ready to vote.
I think this one just tastes better, it's happier,
it's easier to be around.
It's pleasant, it brings the best out in me
so I think it's for women.
- [Stevie] Okay we're just gonna skip
the three, two, one then. - Yeah that's,
I guess I was like why is Link giving me his answer
because but no, I was thinking the same thing.
- Well I'm blindly guessing
so I don't think I'm helping you.
- Well no here's what I'll say.
I think they got this like from the tea cabinet in there,
like one of those flu teas that we've got
and I think that, I think that this one--
- For all the gender-- - I don't think there's a tea
marketed specifically to men and that could be
an opportunity for us but I think this is for women
so I'm agreeing with you.
- [Stevie] Okay so the tea on the white saucer
is regular Tazo Chai Vanilla Caramel Tea.
And the tea on the black plate is from Germany,
it's called, it's Yogi brand but it's called Manner Tea
which means men's tea and they say it contains herbs
to enhance stamina and energy. - You know what?
Our analysis was spot on
but our guesses were completely wrong.
- So the German word for man is manner?
- Manner.
- Okay. - I'm manner than you.
- No you're not 'cause we're both at zero.
- [Rhett and Link] Round two.
- Energy drinks. - A red one and a blue one.
- Immediately potentially deceptive.
Because you would think the blue is for boys.
- [Link] Mm, the blue one is much more tart.
- I've had this. - And tasty.
The red one, how would you describe it?
- I would describe it as a watered-down version of this one.
- In terms of energy drinks,
I kinda think that people tend to think--
- They think they're for men. - They're more for guys.
- So you think they'd do one for women.
- Yeah I think they would do-- - I'm definitely
on the same page. - There's an opportunity,
white space in the market. - The question is which one--
- To reach the ladies. - Which one is for the women
because are you gonna go with intuition, pink, red?
- That's what women do, Rhett.
They go with intuition. - That's true.
- We're gonna make all these generalizations
and I just wanna go ahead and say they're all jokes.
- It doesn't matter, Link. - I don't believe
in any gender generalizations.
- [Stevie] Just go to the one, I mean.
- Well I want you to count because this way,
we can't cheat off of each other.
- [Stevie] Okay, three, two, one.
- Oh. (crew laughs)
- We agree. - Ah.
- [Stevie] Okay so the drink in the black glass
is the gender neutral Monster Energy Ultra Blue--
- Dang it. - Monster Energy.
- [Stevie] The energy drink in the white glass
is Go Girl Energy Drink. - Dang it!
- [Stevie] For passionate and energetic women.
Here's a commercial.
(can rattling)
(hip-hop music)
- I don't think that was a real commercial.
I think it was like a film student's project.
- Right. (laughs)
- He's like, I've got my thesis.
Go Girl. - Isn't Go Girl also
that product-- - Yes.
- That we tested where girls pee while they're in a car
or anywhere else besides the bathroom?
- [Stevie] Yeah.
- [Rhett and Link] Round three.
- All right we got dish slash hand soap.
- Okay I'm gonna put a little of the white, oops.
That went on the other one. - That was poetic.
- It's clear, oh this one's also clear
so there's no color.
- You know what the real test--
- The question is-- - We're gonna wash with this.
- I mean washing dishes. - Maybe one will begin to seem
like it's meant for us.
You would think that they would feel like they needed
to market a cleaning product to men, right,
'cause it's just like you can wash dishes too, dude.
- It's stupid but I mean whatever it takes
to get more men washing dishes.
- I mean-- - I don't really understand
how this is helping us though 'cause I got both soap--
(crew laughing) - No no no.
I mean, it went fine for me.
- What are you guys laughing at?
- [Stevie] You looked so sad when Rhett was using the bowl
and you couldn't get in, like you were like,
I just wanna clean and I wanna clean now.
- Yeah but I don't, I just had both soaps
on my hand, I'm like, I would love to clean
but I'm not gonna learn anything.
I already know I love to clean.
- You can clean if you want.
You're not gonna learn anything.
- Right. - I think this all comes down
to smell so I need to--
- Right. - You always should do things
on the back of your hand.
- I'm doing the white one on the front of my hand
and I'm doing the black one on the back.
Wow that is mild.
- Okay, I have a guess.
- Hmm. - Are we going with
a countdown here?
I need to know. - Yeah.
I mean I'm going with a countdown.
- Three-- - It's gotta be marketed
towards men, I mean there's no question.
- [Stevie] Two, one.
- Black one. - Saying white one is for men.
Okay we finally diverged.
- [Stevie] Okay the dish soap in the black pump
is non-gendered Mrs. Meyers Dish Soap.
The soap in the white pump is Hero Clean Dish
and Hand Soap which is marketed to men.
- Yes it is. - Here's a commercial.
(rock music)
- Yeah, our dish soap's got more technology
than stuff for girls. - Yeah.
And it's-- - We got high tech soap, man.
- And it's got the word hero on it
which is something like I like.
- Yeah. - I like heroes.
- [Rhett and Link] Round four.
- We're joined by some very special guests.
My dog Barbara. - And my dog Jade!
- Now one of these soaps, well they're both for dogs.
We're not deciding if one's for a dog or for a human.
- But one of 'em the man's supposed to wash a dog.
- Nope. - One of 'em the woman's
supposed to wash a dog. - Nope.
It's for the gender of the dogs.
- Okay we've got-- - So one's for a female dog
which is known as a (bleep).
(crew laughs)
And the other is for a male dog, which is, I don't know,
what do you call that?
- [Stevie] Also incorrect because--
- A bull? - One's just not gendered
and the other one has a gender,
remember how this whole thing works?
- [Link] Yeah we don't know what we're doing.
- What do you call a male dog, a bull?
- [Stevie] I just think just a dog.
- Okay so I just put both black ones over here
because I think you wash the white dog with the white soap.
- [Rhett] That's ingenious.
- I'll wash the black dog with the black soap.
- I'm gonna just kind of, how do you like that?
How do you like that, Barbara?
- Ooh that's warm, she likes it.
I mean a dog is instantly transformed when they get wet.
Okay so I've got-- - It's gonna be okay.
It's gonna be okay, it's gonna be okay.
We do this every two months, you know.
- [Link] And then, this doesn't--
- Oh. - Let me smell that.
- Oh man, let me smell that.
- That is very perfumed.
This one is pretty neutral.
Jade's down there drinking the water.
You thirsty, girl?
Don't drink it anymore-- - Ugh.
It's hard to tell what's happening on a white dog
with a lather but I gotta tell ya right now,
there's not a lot of lather here.
There's not a lot of lather.
Okay here we go Barbara, now I'm gonna--
- Mm.
That doesn't smell great.
How does that one smell?
That one still smells good. - Strong.
- Yeah this one's really strong.
This one's very, I mean, it just smells like wet dog now.
And Jade, I haven't put enough,
I used too much water on wash phase
and now I don't have enough for the rinse phase.
- [Rhett] Looks like Barbara, just,
a part of her got chopped away.
- [Link] Oh my goodness.
- I mean you oughta see when she's completely wet,
she looks like a rat and I'm not gonna do that to you.
Not gonna do that to you, do we have any,
well you know what, let's make our decision.
- Yeah we can give them the rest of the bath
after we make the decision so--
- [Stevie] Okay you ready?
- I think I'm ready to vote, I'm gonna hold this.
Let's see, hold on, I'm confused again.
Oh yeah, this is girl dog, boy dog.
- Yep yep yep yep yep, oh come on Jade!
Come on!
- [Stevie] All right ready?
- Yep. - Three, two, one.
- This one has to be for women.
- I think it's for women dogs
but I think it's on Jade's side.
Oh oh oh. - Okay so the shampoo
in the black bottle is plain Nature's Miracle Pet Shampoo
and the shampoo in the white bottle is
TropiClean Spa Pet Shampoo for Him.
- Oh, wow.
- So I got one point for choosing Barbara's shampoo.
But I chose the wrong gender.
Spa Lavish for Him. - For Him.
- [Rhett and Link] Round five.
- All right we got some body powders in sugar shakers here.
- That's how I put on my body powder.
- One's marketed towards men, one towards women
and one is neutral which means four points are up for grabs.
So anyone can be grabbin' that bro mein.
- I'm standin' up because we gotta put
these powders on our bodies.
- Now if they all go down the pants--
- How 'bout one on the leg? - Okay you gonna do that?
- Red on left leg.
- Sure.
Whoop, and on my chair.
- [Rhett] I really did it.
- You want the white one on the right leg?
- [Rhett] Yeah sure.
- Nice mound here. - Oh gosh.
It really flows out.
- This is more like baby powder.
Wow, can't even see-- - You're not supposed to
breathe that in, right?
Isn't that what the lawsuit was about?
- And then this one, this one is more floral.
More floral, more grandma-ish.
I think this is for grandmas.
I think this one's for-- - I don't know.
- Babies.
- [Rhett] You think this is for babies?
- And then-- - I think it smells
kinda strong.
Black.
- Woo.
I feel like I need to turn away to do this.
(crew laughing)
- Did we just create a GIF?
I'm so confused.
I've never been so confused by powders in my life.
- Man I think the baby one is for men.
Okay-- - Okay all right I feel--
- Do we stab ourselves with these to indicate?
Ow!
- [Rhett] I think we just hold 'em in places.
I'm not--
- Let's stick 'em in this. - Stick 'em, stick 'em.
So hold on so-- - All right so.
- [Rhett] Oh gosh now I don't know which one did what.
- [Stevie] I mean if any point you wanna sit down--
- This is what we did. - In your chairs,
I will take that too.
- So here we go.
- Okay I'm not lookin' at you.
- [Stevie] You ready?
Three, two, one.
So the powder with the white stripe--
- Yeah. - Is generic Beauty 360--
- Dang it! - Body powder.
- Smells like baby. - The powder with
the red stripe is Dude Powder.
- Oh! - And the powder with
the black stripe is Lady Anti-Monkey Butt Powder.
- So that means we both got three points for the game.
We tied, Link.
- We get to share the bro mein.
So dude, come at me.
- What's special about it?
- It's got this stuff on the sides.
- [Rhett] Yeah, exactly.
- [Link] Wanna play ultimate, clutch.
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