Since husbands rarely make purchases for their wives, the odds are in favor of the female stuff purchases being for their own use. That doesn't excuse the nosiness of the cashier, but it doesn't really qualify as a double standard either, the gender makes a big difference. For example I can imagine a husband buying a pair of pantyhose for his wife, or lingerie (usually more to his taste than his wife's btw), but pants, a skirt, or in Bea's case some tops? What are the odds? On the other side, I have known adult males who NEVER bought any clothes themselves. Their wives were in charge and scouted the department stores alone. And I don't know in USA, but in France on the first day of sales periods, in the men's department you will typically find more women than men on the hunt for clothes, are they all FtM crossdressers? Probably not.
