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I guarantee you, the woman has packed all her stuff, plus her kids’ stuff, plus all the shit her husband forgot to pack. Five minutes into their vacation, dude will be cursing because he forgot something important, and his wife will be like, “Here it is. I thought you’d need it, so I packed it, along with all of your underwear, socks, swimsuit, toothbrush, and deodorant because apparently you confused our family trip to Disney World with an overnight couple’s stay at a nudist colony. You’re welcome.”

I mean, let’s do this.  Let’s say a three-day vacation, a long weekend in the summer.  You left right after work on Friday to drive up to Tahoe (I’m from norcal, so I’m picking what sounds plausible for my area), and you’re coming back Monday night.  You’re going to be doing a bit of hiking and walking around, maybe one ~nice~ dinner out, and spending some time at the casinos.  

For a man, you’ll need:

3 prs underwear and socks

1 pr jeans, preferably nice-ish ones, which you’ll probably be wearing for the drive up

1 pr pants, khakis or slacks

2-3 t-shirts

1 dressier shirt

toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving stuff, deodorant (you can get by just fine with the hotel-provided shampoo and body wash)

a pair of casual shoes, which you’ll be wearing on the drive up and so don’t need to pack, and a pair of nicer shoes.  You’ll snag a hoodie on your way out the door for the cooler nights up there, but it doesn’t need to get packed, so it doesn’t really count

Since you’ll be wearing the jeans, one of the shirts, and one of the pairs of shoes, yeah, you can fit the rest of that in one plastic bag.

For a woman, you’ll need:

3 prs underwear and socks

2 bras 

1 pr jeans (casual, for hiking and walking around); you’ll wear those Friday as well

1 pr nice jeans (daytime in-town stuff and casual meals out)

1 skirt/dress/pair of slacks for the fancy dinner

1-2 tshirts

1-2 casual tops that are one step above tshirts but not really fancy; possibly a cardigan or shrug to layer over one of the tshirts would work if the tshirts are a nice material

let’s not forget that women’s outfits often have multiple layers; leggings + casual skirt + cami + shrug and stuff like that, so even the casual outfits may have two or three pieces more than just pants and a tshirt

casual hoodie or sweatshirt

nice lightweight jacket

tennis shoes for outdoorsy stuff

flats or sandals in a neutral or coordinating color for in-town casual stuff; if you’ve packed outfits in different color palettes, you’ll need multiple pairs of shoes

nice shoes, probably heels, for the fancy evening

accessories: jewelry, belts, etc.

your regular purse, which you’ll be carrying on Friday anyway

a smaller/nicer purse that goes with your fancy outfit

your own shampoo and conditioner because odds are your hair is a lot more high-maintenance than the man’s is and using some random cheap products the hotel gives you could really mess your hair up for the weekend

whatever styling products and tools you need; i’d have to take a blow dryer and straightener, for example, plus the leave-in spray i use that lets me have straightened hair without it getting all dried out and awful

skincare stuff - cleanser, moisturizer, eye cream, makeup remover

makeup - foundation, blush, mascara, probably one eyeshadow palette if you’ve got a good versatile one, two or three eye brushes, blush brush, possibly foundation brush if you use that kind of thing, eyeliner of some kind, and at least two lippies, one neutral gloss for day, one deeper lipstick for evening/fancy shit

basic toiletries - toothbrush/toothpaste/deodorant/shaving stuff/etc.

sunscreen since you’ll be outdoors, possibly also a small bottle of aloe vera if you know you or someone in your group tends toward sunburn anyway.  easier to have it on hand than to have to go get some.

Now.  Could the woman pare down that list and pack the same kind of stuff the man packed?  Sure.  I’ve done 3-4 day weekends out of a single messenger bag doing exactly what I described under the “For him” packing list.  So it’s obviously possible.

But the kind of guy who makes this sort of asshole graphic would probably be a whiny shitbaby if his female partner decided not to shave for a few days, just pulled her hair back in a ponytail rather than styling it at all, and wore plain jeans and tshirts the whole weekend.  There’s the implicit expectation that the woman will continue to present herself in the most attractive fashion possible even while traveling.

So this is like the purse problem.  Men have all these expectations that women will keep themselves performatively attractive at all times, then mock them for needing a bag to carry the tools of that performance around with them.  Similarly, they expect attractiveness while on vacation, but then turn around and make fun of women for needing to bring the accoutrements that make that possible, and which don’t fit in a fucking grocery bag.