As the world recovers from the damage done by the pandemic, inflation has taken hold, and it looks like it won’t be going away anytime soon. Because of inflation, everyday product and service prices have dramatically increased compared to prices a few years ago, making many things unaffordable.
Posted on an online women’s forum was the question of what inflation has put out of reach for women. The answers show how inflation negatively impacts women’s lives long term.
Despite working a full-time job and a part-time side gig, a respondent on the thread feels they can’t get ahead financially because they have to use their part-time wages to pay for essential bills and expenses instead of saving.
Several people reply that higher prices force them to change their grocery shopping habits. They no longer splurge on spices, snacks, and expensive cuts of meat and visit the grocery store less often.
Between the high costs of childcare and essentials like baby formula, quite a few people in the forum express their concerns about having a baby or growing their family at this time.