What the hell?!

[tree_and_leaf]

The DAAD (Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst) provides a combined health and personal insurance scheme for visiting academics and students. The tarifs are as follows:

Men: € 69 per month.
Women: € 205.50 per month (not covering prescriptions for the Pill, which is ironic given that the only possible justification for a higher charge for women I can think of is that they might find themselves in an interesting and expensive condition).

I shall not be insuring myself with them. Sexist bastards!

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[tree_and_leaf]

Goodness knows. Possibly they're relying on the fact that they're advertising to people who don't know their way round the system.