In the milestone 50th episode of the Pink Tax Podcast, host Janine Rogan dives deep into a staggering figure: it costs the average woman roughly $2 million more than a man just to exist and retire over the course of her lifetime. If that number feels heavy, it is because it represents a combination of lost earnings and higher expenses that systemic inequality has "baked into" the female experience. Here is the breakdown of where that money goes and how we can start clawing it