Low-earning men could benefit from being househusbands of high-earning women if they only had the required housekeeping skills that women are generally expected to possess.

In charitable giving, people are more likely to donate the higher the public pressure and the higher the visibility of non-participation.

Because of the social stigma attached to some goods, individual buyers will either choose to purchase less of them, or they will attempt to decrease the visibility and traceability of the purchase. This tendency is more pronounced among higher-income buyers who presumably have more respectability on the line.