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Someone Asked For Examples Of Double Standards In Our Society, And Here Are The 57 Best Examples
In case you weren't previously aware, the world we live in today is plagued by double standards, which most people are happy to ignore in the name of 'keeping the peace.' When Twitter users were asked by Hashtag Roundup to share some double standard examples using the hashtag #NowThatsADoubleStandard, they disturbed that peace like there was no tomorrow.
Some of them are 'classics' that we're all familiar with; men being made to feel ashamed for crying, women being called 'bitches' because of their confidence, and the debate over who, exactly, is allowed to go jogging with their top off. To save you the trouble of combing through the busy Twittersphere, we've compiled some of the best Tweets to the thread right here on Bored Panda for your viewing pleasure. Or displeasure, because, let's face it, double standards in social interactions are pretty infuriating.
Scroll down to take it all in, and let us know what you think in the comments.
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Y'know, because of this stupid double standard, I find out almost impossible to cry when I need to let go of sorrow and pain. There's many a time I wished I could cry but couldn't.
Not all teachers are great.. They are humans and as in all areas, some can be pretty crappy humans. I had some awesome teachers, but also had my share of bad ones..
This one is especially bad. Grey hair should be seen as a sign of wisdom, not age. Also, i think this is a stereotype because women tend to dye their hair more often than men.
I've met plenty of creepy cute people, and some truly charasmatic, intelligent, funny "not-so-cute" (according to once culture's very limited, commercialised interpretation of "cute") people who I adore spending time with.
The grown up equivalent of sticking fingers in your ears and going "LALALALALALALALA!"
I am an avid horror film fan and this has bothered me a lot. I personally find sex scenes stupid and unnecessary and have often found myself to chose a 13 rated film over an 18 because I can expect more gore and less sex. That shouldn't be.
Let me be pedantic and point out that Eric here did not mean "sexually or sexyly kissing". Just a simple pek on the cheeck between two men is enough to make most of the people freak out.
At the beginning of the 20th century, it was a lot more accepted for men to be physically affectionate with one another even platonically. When homophobia became mainstream and especially aggressive, that ended pretty damn quickly.
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Ok, get this: lesbians are sexualized: its ok if its porn and for your pleasure. But if they love eachother? EWS LESBOS
Isn´t it, men kissing is gross, women kissing is for fuel for mens sexual fantasies? messed up either way.
In many countries where male homosexuality is illegal, female homosexuality is just fine and I find that disturbing
It's one of those patriarchal things. Female homosexuality is either non-threatening or "sexy", but male homosexuality is uncomfortable for some straight men to think about, and the particularly "sensitive" of these men are literally afraid of it, whether it be the chance that they're gay, or they're really religious and thinks their god will punish them for it... it's a weird and complicated thing. Also, in a lot of the very religious countries, i.e. many in the Middle East, where homosexuality is illegal, very little is thought of in relevance to women's sexuality because they're considered weak and second-class citizens anyhow.
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i was told by lesbian friends: this female kissing is seen as show for men, not understood seriously. the real reality = they love women, EXCLUDING MEN IN SEX get´s harsh reactions, too ..
Not really. I think anyone kissing anyone quite alright if they are in love. Never made a distinction. The only people who like women kissing but not men, are usually hetero males. That means the other half of the population don't care either way.
We should all except people for who they are instead of shaming them for being their true self.
As a sign of greeting, men kissing men is not common in the United Kingdom. Since that region was responsible for the majority of the colonization of North America, the behavior was never there to begin with. The exception is the Canadian province of Quebec. A major part of the population there is of French descent and as many other commenters have already mentioned, France is a country where men kissing in greeting is commonplace.
I'm not sure I agree with this, I don't see men kissing men being frowned on by most anymore.
Do you see oxygen? Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there.
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By Most, in the first case yes, second case Only men usually frown upon it, women dont mind. 50% isnt most 😆
Well, I consider this girl funny but not because she's overweight, she just looks like a funny, cheerful person.
HOP called for Franken's resignation while being led by Trump who bragged about groping women.
so your only angry American Gis were killed? not all the millions of allied fighters trying to protect the world from at tyrannical regime or the millions of innocent Jews? This is a good point but its worded really badly. All Nazis are evil no matter when they live/lived or what country they are from.
I think that this is completely unfair, so I rebel by only shaving twice a month and only in spring and early autumn, for this is the time when you have to go to school and the weather is hot.
Describe himself as a self-made man, started his business with dad's money...
Congress makes retirement (Social security) and healthcare mandates for us, and then exempt themselves.
I Romania you can stay all day long on a beach topless, nobody boders you. In mall or restaurant nobody goes in topless, man or woman. But on beach you are free.
I don't really see the double standard here... I'm vegeterian AND I donc "discard carelessly my rubbish", so what's the point ? Is there like an "exclusively vegeterian rubbish polluting the ocean" that I'm not aware of ? It concerns everyone actually, no matter what we eat !
To be fair here, the current POTUS gets away with things that would land most of us unwashed masses squarely behind bars, so. . .
I don't see that as a double standard. But rather an informed critique.
This list was interesting and infuriating at the same time! I'm all riled up now... Fists balled n teeth gnashing..
Good ! Anger is energy, and we need energy to change things ! :-)
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I would like to remind people there are double standards with men. I've seen it on this app numerous times. Pictures of half naked men: girls swoon. Pictures of half naked women: girls judge the every detail out of the photo. Being real here. If you down vote then I see you girl. I see you.
And then you have the men posting their shirtless selphies s**t-shaming women uploading their bikiny pictures, even when they're obviously not even meant to be sexual, like for example, just a scene at the beach with a tiny little protagonist not in the main focus of the surroundings.
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#4: Worse than being supported by people calling themselves Christians, they call him a good Christian. Also his multiple marriages and mistresses.
(I assume this is about Trump) I am almost 100% sure that Trump is an atheist. Not a good person, or a thinking atheist (like, he's not generally skeptical, he just doesn't think or care about religion), but an atheist nonetheless, and I think it's weird that some of his hardcore Christian fanbase doesn't realize that.
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According to the charity Prostate Cancer UK, breast cancer - the most common female cancer received more than double the annual research spend - £853 per breast cancer case diagnosed, compared to £417 for prostate cancer, though it is the most common male cancer. Both have very similar death rates. That’s double standards.
Men get breast cancer too btw (yes less but it does happen) - so also benefit from that research spend.
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Numerous studies cite instances where women were estimated to have less pain and to be more likely to exaggerate it, where men were more likely to be recommended analgesics, and women to be recommended psychological treatment. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TF_tRoH2uocJ:links.lww.com/PAIN/A246+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au
I practice medicine and this is so true. It's even worse for women of color.
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Wonder where this is. Viagra sure isn't covered by any health insurance providers I know of.
It’s ok to ask why someone “is so quiet”, but not “why someone is so loud”. Extroversion is preferred to introversion.
The items on this list were really thought-provoking and made me wonder why Bored Panda has only up and down voting buttons. Some of the downvoted comments were really valuable, it is just that they did not represent the opinion of the majority. I would like to see a separate "inappropriate" button for inappropriate comments, as not reflecting the opinion of the majority is not the same as making a comment which is against the value of this community.
I have seen Hoda Kotb of The Today Show oil up the bare chest of the Tongan Olympic torch runner, and I have seen her and Kathie Lee Gifford fawn over a shirtless, underage Justin Bieber. Now substitute the genders and witness one of the biggest double standards in our society.
That's gross. I don't know anyone that would find that behavior acceptable from either sex.
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I saw a girl in TV complaining about the fact that people were trying to get her in a date with a fat guy. She was super obese. What's the problem with the fat guy? Beauty comes in all shapes, right?
Even fat people are allowed to have a type, and people pushing two fat People To be together just because they are fat is bogus. . My husband is skinny AF and loves my fat a*s. Growing up in the 90s I always hated myself for not being skinny, then one day we were at Disney and he tells me how he was always attracted to Ursula and not Ariel and then it finally clicked. Different people are attracted to different things and that's ok.
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That anti-Trump propaganda on Bored Panda is so annoying that it hurts. Less politics please (if you are not able to stay objective, which you obviously are not)
What is it uncofortable stepping outside your bubble? This is an international website. The majority of people outside the US are against Trump (maybe because he insulted every possible country?).
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nothing says Double Standards like deleted comments about Double Standards that doesn't fit the narrative in Double Standards post.
Kostas relax, the site just glitched. It doesn't have moderators.
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Wonder where this is. Viagra sure isn't covered by any of my health providers...
Actually, we didn't. The electoral college did, and ignored the votes of 65 million people.
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Says the guy who will die a virgin. Irony is fun, huh?
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Yeah, no. Nice try. I had no interest in shirtless Taylor Lautner.
Load More Replies... This list was interesting and infuriating at the same time! I'm all riled up now... Fists balled n teeth gnashing..
Good ! Anger is energy, and we need energy to change things ! :-)
Load More Replies... I would like to remind people there are double standards with men. I've seen it on this app numerous times. Pictures of half naked men: girls swoon. Pictures of half naked women: girls judge the every detail out of the photo. Being real here. If you down vote then I see you girl. I see you.
And then you have the men posting their shirtless selphies s**t-shaming women uploading their bikiny pictures, even when they're obviously not even meant to be sexual, like for example, just a scene at the beach with a tiny little protagonist not in the main focus of the surroundings.
Load More Replies... #4: Worse than being supported by people calling themselves Christians, they call him a good Christian. Also his multiple marriages and mistresses.
(I assume this is about Trump) I am almost 100% sure that Trump is an atheist. Not a good person, or a thinking atheist (like, he's not generally skeptical, he just doesn't think or care about religion), but an atheist nonetheless, and I think it's weird that some of his hardcore Christian fanbase doesn't realize that.
Load More Replies... According to the charity Prostate Cancer UK, breast cancer - the most common female cancer received more than double the annual research spend - £853 per breast cancer case diagnosed, compared to £417 for prostate cancer, though it is the most common male cancer. Both have very similar death rates. That’s double standards.
Men get breast cancer too btw (yes less but it does happen) - so also benefit from that research spend.
Load More Replies... Numerous studies cite instances where women were estimated to have less pain and to be more likely to exaggerate it, where men were more likely to be recommended analgesics, and women to be recommended psychological treatment. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TF_tRoH2uocJ:links.lww.com/PAIN/A246+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au
I practice medicine and this is so true. It's even worse for women of color.
Load More Replies... Wonder where this is. Viagra sure isn't covered by any health insurance providers I know of.
It’s ok to ask why someone “is so quiet”, but not “why someone is so loud”. Extroversion is preferred to introversion.
The items on this list were really thought-provoking and made me wonder why Bored Panda has only up and down voting buttons. Some of the downvoted comments were really valuable, it is just that they did not represent the opinion of the majority. I would like to see a separate "inappropriate" button for inappropriate comments, as not reflecting the opinion of the majority is not the same as making a comment which is against the value of this community.
I have seen Hoda Kotb of The Today Show oil up the bare chest of the Tongan Olympic torch runner, and I have seen her and Kathie Lee Gifford fawn over a shirtless, underage Justin Bieber. Now substitute the genders and witness one of the biggest double standards in our society.
That's gross. I don't know anyone that would find that behavior acceptable from either sex.
Load More Replies... I saw a girl in TV complaining about the fact that people were trying to get her in a date with a fat guy. She was super obese. What's the problem with the fat guy? Beauty comes in all shapes, right?
Even fat people are allowed to have a type, and people pushing two fat People To be together just because they are fat is bogus. . My husband is skinny AF and loves my fat a*s. Growing up in the 90s I always hated myself for not being skinny, then one day we were at Disney and he tells me how he was always attracted to Ursula and not Ariel and then it finally clicked. Different people are attracted to different things and that's ok.
Load More Replies... That anti-Trump propaganda on Bored Panda is so annoying that it hurts. Less politics please (if you are not able to stay objective, which you obviously are not)
What is it uncofortable stepping outside your bubble? This is an international website. The majority of people outside the US are against Trump (maybe because he insulted every possible country?).
Load More Replies... nothing says Double Standards like deleted comments about Double Standards that doesn't fit the narrative in Double Standards post.
Kostas relax, the site just glitched. It doesn't have moderators.
Load More Replies... Wonder where this is. Viagra sure isn't covered by any of my health providers...
Actually, we didn't. The electoral college did, and ignored the votes of 65 million people.
Load More Replies... Says the guy who will die a virgin. Irony is fun, huh?
Load More Replies... Yeah, no. Nice try. I had no interest in shirtless Taylor Lautner.
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