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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This one needs to change but unfortunately we can't rely on men to do it.
Well, perhaps not the ones that swing from low branches and eat bananas.
Load More Replies...I asked about this double standard years ago, never could understand why....still don't .....just lost my desire to test it!
It's about male enjoyment of the sex act, people still believe that every time a woman has sex with a different man her vagina stretches out a little more. And of course, if it's too stretched out, it won't feel good for the man. So obviously, as women we must remain chaste so as to please our husbands properly.
Load More Replies...Unfortunately. There are even examples in this comment section.
Load More Replies...OH MY GOODNESS...this one is centuries old...and counting..to the shame of us all
Why is that? I mean, whatever makes you happy, then go for it. No judgements here girl
Also, males having sex are men. Females having sex are girls. I have battled this language inequality since college.
On the logic that the sad old politicians who think rape is ok but abortion isn't, but can't get it up any more, can still get a boner when they're being misogynistic a******s.
Load More Replies...Well, in the country were I live, you can go to your family doctor and they give the birth control for free. Some other methods are not included,like the ring or the pad but they have many different brands of pills for free and also condoms.
I believe this is also relevant because how many times women have to be lectured about how they should hurry up and have kids early since it is irresponsible for them to wait later on and so on? Yet (aside from the many instances where viagra serves other purposes) limp d*ck it's nature's way of saying men should not longer be reproducing yet many are constantly defying nature. It is absurd.
Well, that's the U.S. where you have a disgusting cretins of the religious right in positions of power.
Ha. That's the funniest thing I've heard all day. Where did you come up with this great joke?
Load More Replies...I live in Germany and have to pay the pill myself. Insurance only covers it if there are medical reasons. But honestly I can live with 50€ for a year.
Load More Replies...We call it a "meriod" I think I like yours better!!!
Load More Replies...Someone tried to give me a hard time since I was in a crappy mood. “Geez time of the month?” “Negative, I’m a b***h 24/7.... so watch yourself...”
Its a fun fact that when you menstruate you have higher levels of testosterone, so "that time of the month" is the closest to being full of testosterone we are.
A guy I once worked with was just being extremely annoying one day when I just snapped at him telling him to leave me alone. He said oh must be your time of the month. No I replied just that time of the day when I'm sick of putting up with a******s like you.
Actually women on their periods show higher emotional intelligence, stability, and general logic then men in the same point in their horomonal cycle. This is because periods are actually the point where horomone levels plummet, not skyrocket like many people think.
Honestly when It's my time of the month it just helps me work harder and I m the least emotional...is that just me?
You are lucky. I always have horrible cramps and have to swallow whole bottle of painkillers. Really unable to even work at all.
Load More Replies...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.
pls decide to give a f***.. crying washes stress hormons out, a relieve to sleep better.
Load More Replies...No it isn't. It's the stereotypical message that's brought up when growing up as a guy.
Load More Replies...A man that cries is a good man and a strong man because he has compassion and feelings and is able to show it. Her is nothing wrong with showing feelings,it shows great strength
So true ! One time when my best friend cried and I didn't , people were laughing telling that he and I switched bodies cause I'm a girl and he's a guy . But the fact is that he expresses his emotions and I keep it hidden .
I cried in office once due to personal matters. The rumours lasted for years.
I'm a woman and I rarely cry. I once say a full grown man cry and I wanted to cry with him
This one is true, and I hate it as much as anyone else, but still I, a woman, feel too embarrassed to cry in public. So, this double standard is useless for females and harmful for males (and females too, in the end, because we cohabitate, and it's all a chain reaction with various consequences).
I only cry into pillows- or after my parents have either beaten me senseless or after they have given me a lecture
jesus christ I hope you're kidding or exaggerating. Beat
Load More Replies...Depends how confident and to whom. Because there's the other tendency to think that, a confident woman is a narcissist. Also, I noticed we women are more attracted to confident women than men are (of course, not all men, but I noticed there's a general tendency, men look for other qualities in women than we women look up to other women).
Load More Replies...This one is still flying around??? IT'S DECADES OLD!!!!...shame on us!!!
A confident man is not always a strong leader as we are witnessing now!
Even in middle school, I was "the bossy b***h". It's time for this sh*t to stop.
Still can't believe that this man is the actual president of the United States of America. What the hell is wrong with that country???
As an American (who did not vote for him) I feel like I constantly have to apologize to the world for his very existence as our 'leader'.
Load More Replies...I personally enjoy all the people who call him "manly" or a "real man" like really? A draft dodger who throws tantrums about people not kissing his a*s all day is manly? Sorry, dad's a WWII vet so my standards are a little bit higher than those of conservative Christian's I guess...
I'm a conservative Christian and I don't call trump a "real man" so please take ur offensive stereotyping down...
Load More Replies...No need for 50+ examples. This one is the mother of all double standards.
...What did I just read? My brain isn´t adjusted to this kind of dumb.
I'm disgusted with his comments - that said, Trump in office has forced us Americans to look at the state of our nation and actually get involved to make a positive difference - and we're doing it! Perfect example is Roy Moore's defeat in Alabama recently #takethewins
What's worse is that it's on the other side too. Remember Bill Clinton? Power corrupts so easily it sickens me.
And many of them thinks also that been gay is a disease...
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..
I had a social studies teacher who was just the worst. She played favourites with the 'smart' kids, and ignored (and even ridiculed) the students who actually needed her help. On top of that, she didn't know s**t. She had no idea that potatoes came from the Incans. 'But what did the Irish eat?!" GRUEL! FREAKING GRUEL! Good grief.
Load More Replies...'The Kardashians' are still on air because people watch their lame show. It's those people's responsibility to decide to turn off the TV or watch something else. And I mean ANYTHING else. Almost anything will be better.
Even Dorbee- Oh, that's a terrible show... Maybe Twirlywoos?
Load More Replies...Ever since Instagram and Snapchat made their ways to teenagers' hands.
Load More Replies...THIS IS NOT A DOUBLE STANDARD. It's s**t like this that dilutes content of important conversations. You watched them, now they earn millions because you couldn't stop watching (you = avg american). Pharma companies make more money contributing to opioid addiction than teachers. Fact > Opinion.
Parents should teach kids to be good people. Teachers should teach them maths.
The incorrect use of "than" would call into question the impact teachers have had on this particular person. I get the implied double standard, but the Kardashians aren't actually paid to teach c**p lessons to our society, it's just a sad side effect of their existence.
It's not an incorrect use of than for what the person is trying to communicate.
Load More Replies...It's interesting how comments about the vapidity of American media always leads back to the Kardashians somehow. Apparently they are our current benchmark for being disappointed in American culture. Remember when it was Paris Hilton? And Anna Nicole Smith before that? This isn't exactly a new phenomenon.
"crul muerder" when a man kills a man, but "family drama" if a man kills his wife at home...
Load More Replies...Real Islam teachings doesn't even encourage war and violence, its sad to see just because of those groups of d***s killing people in the name of "God", the religion gets a bad name. 😒
People can downvote my comment all they want, but I'm not "hating on" Islam, I'm just saying the truth. The Bible tells you to kill people as well - the difference isn't in the fundamental text, but the fact that a lot of moderates only choose the acceptable or convenient parts of their religions. Most ancient religions involve something considered crime or injustice in modern society, but that's just a matter of them being unchanging books written long ago. In my opinion, that's a bad thing to base your life on, even if you're trying to ignore the bad parts.
Load More Replies...Wow, and there are SO MANY white supremacists blowing up and threatening the US.
It's weird for Brits my age (Gen X) and older, compared to Millennials and younger, but when I hear of a terrorist attack, I still think of white people doing it...
Where in the world did you connect "White Supremacist" to "Christian"
Load More Replies...Just because we live in and are forced into being part of a capitalist system does not mean we cannot be opposed to it. The fact that we are forced to be complicit in the system is part of why socialists get so angry. Do people expect socialists to go live wild in the woods or something? For example modern society pretty much demands we own a mobile phone now or we can't be a functioning member of society.
No. That’s completely missing the point. His analogy is like saying “People who say they hate jail while posting from inside of a cell.” People are trapped into capitalism and consumerism.
You still have a choice to choose "the lesser evil", by picking up a economic and less monopolistic technological brand. On the other hand, however, people are given Apple products as presents pretty much, actually. But you do have a valid point.
Load More Replies...Society needs to learn that a strong female character DOES NOT mean a female who goes around hitting men and shooting things. It means a well-written female with an unwavering character.
I fully agree with this. If a man hits a woman it's NEVER OK, but even when a woman is physically abusive, the majority of people argue that it's still not okay for a man to fight back physically. Yet those same people arguing that, like to argue that men and women should be treated equal, and that lack of equality is the biggest issue with society!
Not any more. There are now laws against domestic abuse on a man from a women. There are women just as guilty of beating their husbands
This one is weird to me, not because it's wrong but because I never knew that a woman hitting a man was even moderately acceptable. Growing up my grandmother was always stronger than my grandfather so when they fought it was on more equal grounds. So I was taught that all violence was wrong no matter the gender.
This is close to the thought that a woman who gets touched without permission is sexual assault but a man getting touched without permission obviously liked it because he was getting attention. Example : Time magazine silence breakers where they only glossed over the males who were assaulted, raped, and harassed.
When I go home with someone, I write a quick Whatsapp to a close friend who I go out with and where he lives. In case I will get murdered the police will has more clues.
Ben i love you, really, that just made me laugh so hard XD First of all, even IF KK met multiple guys, she never stated that, just what she does in that situation. Second of all, i guess NOBODY ever did the "dont go out with many guys then" phrase before, you REALLY came up with some original thought there, i am proud of you <3 And third of all, even if you only meet ONE person that way, it could be a potential murder, and of course the chance increases with more persons, but being a good person can also bite :D Please continue being awesome, people like you brighten my day xD (and sorry for my english)
Load More Replies...Makeup: This is why men have trust issues. Sexual assault and murder: this is why women have trust issues.
Why does makeup cause trust issues? Are details of an affair written in lipstick lettering?
Load More Replies...Exactly my thought.. and if it weren't a first date, then i'm sure that that CLOSE friend would already know about him.
Load More Replies...A woman with a gun can murder a man just as easily as a man with a gun can murder a woman. Men aren't really any safer meeting people on the internet.
Not technically, but let's be honest about what actually happens out there and who it usually happens to
Load More Replies...Is it bad that for me I thought the double standard was that only men are murders when actually women can be too I was like wtf why would you want anyone to be a murderer xD
I don't see how this is a double standard. Statistically, speaking women are far less likely to murder a random man, thus men don't need to fear being murdered when meeting someone online.
I agree that double standard isn't really the right way to describe it. But it's a very worrying social trend that applies to one gender more than another so I think that's why it's here.
Load More Replies...The daily mail is garbage. I wouldn't even line my bird cages with it.
Load More Replies...uuugh the daily mail. id rather wipe my a**e with that paper, than read it
Daily Mail is only a newspaper in the sense that it is a publication on newsprint. Functionally speaking, it is the literary equivalent of a leopard print toilet seat cover.
By the age of 50, most men have hair loss. How many world leaders are bald though? Plus the Daily Mail is read by mostly women, so they could easily boycott the Daily Mail when it does this. Oh, and same goes for their sidebar of shame.
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.
Err.... Women dye their hair because if they didn't, they'd been as 'old' and 'useless'... Not 'wise' :(
Load More Replies...I would give this one more credence if I didn't see so many young women dying their hair grey intentionally.
But the thing is, those women are YOUNG, as you said.
Load More Replies...I think this is more of a class thing. Take that guy in a 3 piece suit and put him in overalls. See if he is still called "distinguished".
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.
But generally, the double standard applies, particularly when it comes to men who are the ones who (traditionally) still have to make the first move. It must be really discouraging and sh*tty. It is very unfortunate and cruel.
Load More Replies...yep. and if guy try to ask out we're afraid to be accused of anything sexualy related
Girls too, actually. We're just afraid of each other for no real reason. All might-bes and what-ifs. And then there are bad news to confirm our collective paranoia.
Load More Replies...It only becomes creepy when the not-so-cute people can't take "no" for an answer.
I don't think the cuteness has anything to do with being creepy. It's more about "how" they ask you out that make the creepy.
I've met cute people who are creepy and creepy people who are cute, it depends how they ask you out.
I always get told I'm skinny. People don't think anything of it, but it's starting to hurt.
I was raised that it's rude to comment on someone's weight, period, whether the person is very thin or very heavy. Unless, that is, you're that person's doctor -- then it's kind of your job to say something.
Oh can I upvote this 1000 Times?!?! Illness has kept me from putting on weight no matter how hard I try. Strangers think it's fine to comment all the time that I 'need to eat a sandwich'. One day I got so fed up I yanked up my shirt and said, "if you can fit it through the tube, I'll be happy to 'eat' it!" He almost fainted.
It's not okay. Who said it was okay? As someone overweight I find it ridiculous though that if someone wants to point out I have fat on me they poke my stomach or have even grabbed. I instinctively swiped away the arm of a professional Muay Thai fighter when he did that. Luckily he's mostly a nice guy but to hell with that. No one has the right to cross boundaries like that. I stopped talking to some people because before so much as a "Hi, how are you?" There's a pat on the stomach and "you could do with losing some weight."
who do you know that only thinks one of those is rude? Those are both rude comments and potentially hurtful. I wonder if you aren't really noting the difference between fat shaming and skinny shaming? Fat shaming is backed by an entire system of discrimination whereas being skinny is overall promoted as a positive in many western cultures. Hurt feelings are painful but not the same as systemic discrimination.
I guess because now-a-days, it's a good thing to be skinny. Well that's how society views it. If you're skinny, you're beautiful. I'm not agreeing with it at all btw, I'm just saying that's how society thinks.
Another one is that it is okay to make fun of short people even though they have nothing to do with their height.
I feel this! There's just no pleasing the world... too skinny, too fat, too tall, not tall enough. Bah!
I got one: telling people they are fat and wrong and they are saying it bc they are "worried about their health", but to a skinny person (who is sickly skinny) "omg you are SO healthy". Healthy =/= skinny
The grown up equivalent of sticking fingers in your ears and going "LALALALALALALALA!"
One of my friends is Catholic and teaches science in high schools. She is super enthusiastic about science too. I once asked her if anything she taught ever contradicted her Catholic beliefs. She said science is the reason she is Catholic. She is in such awe about the human body, chemistry, physics, etc. Being the nerdy scientist she is, she loves to question EVERYTHING. Through her deep questioning and constantly asking "why?" she says she started believing in the possibility of a creator. "Science is about gaining, organising, refining, reviewing and sharing knowledge. It's amazing how much we don't actually know and how many times theories have to get tweaked after new evidence is found."
(Continued) She says that she loves to believe that 'something' designed the universe and everything in it. "I mean DNA for example is so specific. Why? Consider all the chemistry and physics and you still ask why. The idea of something or someone designing all this is the easiest way for my brain to comprehend this. Perhaps that is what God is. Some kinda of super complex force that the human has had to modify into a deity to comprehend." - I guess my point in sharing my frined's nerdiness is to show that science and religion can work together. Sorry I got carried away!
Load More Replies...Science and The Bible go hand and hand. I looked through Genesis with my family one night, we talked about science and came up with theories and found that scientific discoveries about evolution and creation of the universe are depicted but differently. You gotta dig deep, not skim over.
People who don't believe in climate change are just stupid
Load More Replies...I actually am a Christian who believes in climate change. I may be Christian, but I'm also smart.
thats probably just usa in my home country and the country i currently live in everyone cares about the earth
You need more faith in believing in evolution than a greater power creating such detailed and complex structures as animals and human beings.
Well, a proper word doesn't exist, so it's ok to use whatever you think up at the moment. And yes, your statement is quite true, I've experienced it first hand, in fact.
Load More Replies...or when a woman plays videogames: she's only doing it for attention (bc how could she liiiiike iiiiiiiiiiiit???!!)
Studies have found that playing Super Mario Sunshine makes people more helpful in real life.
Even if this isn't true, you should still play SMS.
Load More Replies...or that people who play on their phones are not gamers,as those are apps....are we then appers?
I think it depends on the app. If it's a really simple, casual game, particularly a mostly idle one (i.e. a free-to-play town builder game), I wouldn't call a person who plays those apps alone "gamers" because they aren't interactive or skill-based enough.
Load More Replies...yeah i dont get this. people tell me im lazy for watching youtube and then sit down and literally watch tv for 8 hours straight
This is amplified when you're playing a multiplayer game...
calling yourself "pro-life" but only caring about the fetus till it born
Saying "I'm a Christian and I believe in what the Bible says" without reading the Bible. It's more common than you think. They don't believe me when I tell them about the she-bears. Or that Jesus and his disciples said the world was going at any moment. It's in the book, you just have to read it!
greatest story ever told. the catholic children's bible is written in plain readable english but leaves nothing out.
Load More Replies...That’s why the best Christians “preach” by their life example. Eg, Mother Theresa, the Salvation Army, etc.
I'm just kind of laughing at this because you point out "firemen" specifically. Not making fun of the original poster, I just think it's weird that society took - of all jobs - male firefighters and said "Yeah, that's hot".
Jesus! That fireman is risking his life and women catcall them? Gross.
I actually find it embarrassing when women behave like randy builders. So yes, it's wrong from both sides.
They're all bad but CNN recently broke a Trump exclusive that everyone latched onto but turned out they'd read the date wrong
This is why you don't choose one side. Register as an independent, think independently, and then you have far fewer emotions invested in politics and parties. The 2 party system is terrible. Currently, I lean more liberal than conservative, but there are things I like and dislike from both parties.
Only watching Fake news and not watching FOX news because of possible hurt feelings...#NowThat'sADoubleStandard.
This is so true... I have many friends who have had this experience when dating. We often discuss if it's a trend in society today, that people don't want to compromise, but wish for their potential partners to be a perfect match.
No, it's always been that way. The woman is supposed to change to fit his ideas.
Load More Replies...guy: change yourself woman: *does change* guy: let people love you for who you are _ _ -----
..accept him (? just guessing from experience) in his single, uncared ways after keeping myself clean and compromising ? not even his mom would like him so cheaply unsocial.
If someone can't love you if you don't change into a completely different person, they never will. Let them go and find someone who sees you for the kick a*s person you are! Life is too short to let anyone make you hate yourself.
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.
Or guys can wear “wife beaters” and shorts to school but a girl has to cover her shoulders, midriff, collar bones, knees, wear a bra, cause guys get distracted and can’t control themselves.
To add to this: In American TV / cinema Men can show their nipples off no problem. Women can show AS MUCH CLEAVAGE AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, but if you see a woman's nipple - rated R. I know that men and women's nipples tend to look different, but one isn't more innately sexual-looking than the other. It's all just "different-coloured skin with small nodules".
I wonder what would happen if we censored a woman's nipple with a man's
Load More Replies...Showing how to end life: Allowed. Showing how to create life: Forbidden.
I always looked at it this way - seeing a boob won't give my daughter nightmares, but seeing violence will. That's what the rating systems should be based on; what is and isn't appropriate for children. Brief nudity won't hurt them all all, but all the violence does. What's the first thing kids do after (or while watching) Power Rangers? Kick and punch. Yes, I'm old, but you can apply that to any show full of kicking and punching. That show doesn't even have any blood in it. Now add the shows with guns and blades. Why would kids need exposure to that garbage? Anything with blades or guns should be and automatic R.
America be crazy.... * * Has no idea what the BBFC (Britain) thinks about this...;.
The comedian Michael Che kind of talks about this. He asks why it is wrong to ask what kind of porn you like, while it is perfectly okay to ask what kind of horror movie you like.
The comedian Michael Che talks about this. He asks why it is weird to talk how what kind of porn you like, while it's normal to ask what is your favorite horror movie. haha
Not when his worshippers won't hold him accountable for anything.
Load More Replies...No one was upset when Bill Clinton got caught getting head in the oval office.. lol
He got impeached over it! It wasn't harassment the way Trump's activities were.
Load More Replies...I think there have been several other Presidents who got away with much more than just sexual harrassment! Just saying!
His turn is coming soon. Cant you see this is how they are going to get him out? It's been a set up from the start. Too bad so many others are getting caught in his crosshairs.
So many little people going to prison for treason and murder but not Hillary or Obama.
How is Obama treasonous? Get the facts before you speak.
Load More Replies...Because apparently he's just accused, it's not yet decided whether it was true. Not defending the orange idiot, but there is such a thing as a presumption of innocence.
He's been accused by a lot of women and admitted to it on tape. How much more proof do you want?
Load More Replies...Private industries firing their employees for sexual harassment "accusations", isn't the same as someone who was put into a position by the public. The American people knew the accusations prior to electing him to be president, and he still won.
Trump got into office with fewer popular votes than Hillary, which seems like a corrupt way of winning.
Load More Replies...biggest double standard of there ever was one....why does he continue watching "fake" news anyhow? If they are as fake as he says?
Because they SUCK HIS DIIIIIIIICK! Seriously, he must have a horrible problem with self-esteem because he literally does not listen to news that has anything bad to say about him.
Load More Replies...When the minimum wage goes up, so do all expenses. The working poor can't win.
If you raise the minimum wage, prices go up. It's a cycles that won't do anything except shut down small businesses.
must just be were you live our minium wadge has been raised 3 times in the last 10 years
No, Daniel... You're completely and totally wrong. THE ENTIRE reason minimum wage was established was so that people could take care of their families. Do you think in 1938 there were bunches of teenagers going to their jobs at the mall after high school?
Load More Replies...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.
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.
Load More Replies...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.
Well, I consider this girl funny but not because she's overweight, she just looks like a funny, cheerful person.
I wanna know who she is now. What is this from? In what else did she act?
Load More Replies...Or still only making the attractive people be the main character who gets the boy/girl. (Also, making the "ugly" person go through a make over before anyone notices them.)
"you are beautiful just the way you are" said actor and actress who wear full make up to you, Yep ! irony happend
Yet a lot of these actors/actresses choose to pursue those roles based off of the portfolio of films they have success with. These are wealthy individuals who can literally pay for a personal trainer, chef, etc., if they really wanted to get in shape and pursue more serious "beautiful" roles. I don't think they need anyone to defend them and sympathize for them because they get paid millions to play the roles they choose to pursue.
It's about the principle that they shouldn't need to change their body to be successful
Load More Replies...You’d be surprised at how many people turn up at auditions and it’s basically like ‘yeah hey, I’m the ugly/nerdy/fat/creepy one- that’s me!’
Melissa McCarthy is funny because she's a great actress who takes chances and commits to her roles.
Most actors are also anti-gun activists, but still make violent, gun-filled movies.
I get what you say, but it's not like most action movies actually incite violence
Load More Replies...HOP called for Franken's resignation while being led by Trump who bragged about groping women.
Although I agree that there is a double standard with this incident, but in all fairness he resigned because the dems called for it
So you are saying that groping a woman is better than groping a child? Both are perverts. Quite a few politicians on both sides of the aisles have a few sexual skeletons in their closets. It comes with the territory. They are powerful individuals who use their powers for their own gratification.
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.
Yeah, I thought that was a weird thing to say. I know they were emphasizing the impact to the U.S. but still, it was A LOT of soldiers from varying countries and a lot of innocents - not just Jewish people (though they were hit on the most grand scale), but Slavic and Romani people, gay people, the physically and mentally disabled, political prisoners, and (strangely specifically) Jehovah's Witnesses.
Load More Replies...Some of these are assumptions are they not? Or is there a well-known group of people who disapprove of the NFL protestors but support Neo-Nazis?
Fox and friends, Trump "their are good people on both sides"
Load More Replies...Further proof that regardless of how valid your overall point may be, you had better make sure that you get absolutely everything on point according to absolutely everyone who may read it or the internet will bury you. Have fun with that.
in germany u go jail for carry that flag. i have no understanding this is called "freedom of speach" to tolerate neonazis, kukluxclan and all other freedom-killers with murderer-intensions towards different thinking ppl..
This is so true. When people criticize the Neo-Nazis, some who want to exterminate other races, bigots cry "free speech", but when football players peacefully kneel to try to save lives they're criticized by those same bigots who were just moments ago screeching for "free speech".
Some of these are so ridiculously liberal driven. Do you think parents bring their families out to clap for the parade of Nazis or something?
Not the point. The point is that people got mad for a harmless protest, but when those white supremacists came up, the same people were like "Yeah it's fine". Even if the Nazis do a peaceful march, they are still advocating for the idea of white people being superior, AT BEST, which is a harmful dogma. People shouldn't be elevated or put down because of a pointless thing like race, and they CERTAINLY shouldn't be killed for it.
Load More Replies...Responsible for killing 292,000 Americans... but what about the millions of others they killed? If we're going to point out how wrong the Nazis were, use the larger numbers of murders, that would make more sense. ... or are we just focusing on Americans? Do we have yet another Double Standard going on here?
Getting angry at Nazi ideologies despite America and England pretty much inventing eugenics.
Always focus on "the other" rather than address actual problems
Load More Replies...The Conservative broke the law and violated civil rights, and the Right wing cheers. A football player quietly kneels, breaking no laws and violating no rights, and they want his head on a platter.
If they don't want to see someone protest, they should take their business elsewhere.
Well she was a government official, they couldn't take their business elsewhere unless they moved their entire life. As for the football players, no argument here.
Load More Replies...one refused to stand, which did not interfere with anyones rights, but was willing to do his job on the field, the other refused to do her job which deprived people of their rights. there is no comparison, no double standard.
The kneeling for the anthem controversy annoys me. It's OK for Trump to go around yelling "Make America Great Again" because, I think it's safe to assume, he thinks there's something wrong with America. But when someone else kneels because they think there's something wrong with America they come down on them like a tonne of bricks. I guess it's a difference in what they believe is actually wrong.
Kim was a woman that refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, she was a county clerk so it was her job, she claimed it was a violation of her rights to have to do it because she was a Christian. The Republicans made a big deal about her amazing protest being for the good of all. Colin Kilpatrick, American football player, refused to stand for the national anthem in protest against racism, The Republicans made a big deal about him being a trouble maker etc.
Load More Replies...The fact is you're wrong on all accounts. The Supreme Court case of Obergefell vs Hodges meant that marriage equality was nationwide but kim davis thought she was special & didn't have to do her job to protect the sanctity of her 4 marriages. You're blaming the victims in true bigoted style.
Load More Replies...He was lucky to have loving parents that support him, even if they might not fully understand what it could have been being a black child adopted into an all white family. He is now using his privilege to help others and make very visible a big problem his county has.
Load More Replies...Dog lover friend of mine calls them Lady Dogs as she doesn't like the word b***h. Word has changed all meaning.
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.
I dont shave all winter, sometimes in summer
Load More Replies...I shave because it makes me feel good about myself and hygienically it is better, not for anyone else. I actually rather have a man that can trim his underarms as well and well some other parts too. Just hygienically cleaner.
Depends on the woman. If she is a third-wave feminist doing it in protest, I want nothing to do with her. If she's just a regular woman who just doesn't feel like shaving, I have no issues.
btw no being unshaven and half naked is never acceptable for anyone
ok so to explain this, its like being a woman thats bald. im a man and its your choice, i cant tell you what to do with your body and i dont want to. but if you are, for example, a bald or unshaven woman, expect some funny looks and weird stares. imagine if a grown man ran around in a bra and thong on the beach. he can do that, but he will likely get some weird looks
Some people thing female body hair is gross. I don't get it, it's just hair, and removing all the hair on your body is a pain in the a*s (Being to some degree pansexual probably helps, but whatever). Honestly, I don't even think it's attractive when a man has a waxed chest. I just think "Why'd you do that? It sounds painful!" In my opinion, do whatever you want with your body hair, though I would suggest trimming it just so that it doesn't stick out everywhere. Just typical grooming habits.
I'm so tired of getting called a witch when I just casually fly over the street >:C.
And what's wrong with being a witch? Think wiccans would be pretty pisses to be seen as a negative in this scenario.
It's a double standard if she conveniently discounts Superwoman, but then what's her f*****g problem with Hermione?
i dont get it. why complain? if a woman has a fish tail shes a mermaid. if a man has one hes a monster
The only reason a trans woman should be banned from the girls room is if she has a history as a sex offender.
THIS A BILLION TIMES. On a logical, but non-comparative note: "Letting" trans woman into women's bathrooms (I'll bet insurmountable amounts of money that they were already using women's bathrooms without issue) isn't going to make it easier for men to dress up and rape little girls because guess what - if they were really going to go through all that bizarrely elaborate trouble, they'd already be doing it and a law wouldn't stop them. We HAVE a law against rape, so clearly new laws about explicitly not having a penis in a women's restroom aren't going to stop rapists!
also, apparently its fine to make guns much easier to purchase just because you want to, yet students get killed and they even organised a whole rally about 'march for our lives' LIVES ARE AT STAKE AND APPARENTLY ITS BAD THAT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE JUST USING THE DAMN TOILET. GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT
To some extent I can understand this purely because said grown man can proposition 14 year old girl anywhere. But I can see how it can be seen as double standards. By the way I agree with banning adults ( either sex) who behave inappropriately.
I also want to mention, as a trans-person.. I think that only if you have transitioned should you go into your [current] gender bathroom, considering that if a wild child starts running around the bathroom and peeks into your stall— that poor girl’s gonna be VERY confused, lmao [though it’s also the parents fault for letting the kid peek into random stalls— but it happens]
People who get mad at Trans people for going into a bathroom of their [current] gender after they transitioned and have the body parts of that gender— I mean, what do you want, a trans-man with a weenier to come into your girl’s bathroom? NO Also half the time, the people who get mad at them are the people who act minors who are experiencing dysphoria “what’s in your pants?” EXUSE ME?!
Depends how harmful the opinion is: "I don't like a tv show" vs. "Kill all f**s".
well.. when they're allowed to say s**t like that(kill all f**s) at least you know where they stand on the subject, wich in turn tells you to steer clear and watch your back.. I really prefer knowing..
Load More Replies...Oh yeah, I know this all too well from the Czech Republic... The party that speaks most about the freedom of speech and listening to the people's opinions barely lets the journalists to their congress and their leader blocks anyone who just asks a critical or uncomfortable question on his Facebook page or writes a disagreeing comment.
Hasn't anyone noticed free speech is okay as long as you say the right thing?
Yes .. but now censorship is more clever, masking itself as "no hate speech please"
Load More Replies...to clarify ill give an example: ben shapiro getting removed from university campuses for "hate speech" but feminists holding their little parades about free speech
yeah but its funny cause this is literally what feminism has become
« Monsieur l’abbé, je déteste ce que vous écrivez, mais je donnerai ma vie pour que vous puissiez continuer à écrire. »Voltaire 1770.
Describe himself as a self-made man, started his business with dad's money...
Yeah, that's the big one. Someone can be rich but still have a history of bankruptcies, but bragging about how good you've done in business when you keep making bad decisions that caused you to go bankrupt AND had the support net of nepotism is just laughable.
Load More Replies...Not so sure he's a rich as he claims. If he'd pay his debts, like to the contractors he's stiffed, or people he doesn't pay, might be a different view.
This is called bad management, not a double standard. Everyone can file for bankruptcy.
Being Rich as f**k and not paying taxes. Being middle class or lower-middle class or the working poor and paying taxes.
Dunno, in some marriages it is martial, lol.
Load More Replies...1. I HATE the f*****g "everyone has the same right to be miserable, hurr hurr" joke. It is SO trite. 2. Yeah, a big issue is religious people not understanding that their religion didn't invent marriage, therefore, they don't get to say what has to be marriage. It's mostly a legal thing now. In most times in history, marriage was used less for the benefit of a couple and entirely so that two families could form a physical connection. Any gods involved were just there in the way religion was - marriage wasn't generally done a certain way to please a god. Even going off of something like the Bible, many modern Christians don't seem to understand that marriage in the Bible was not "one man - one woman" but rather "one man - however many wives he wanted + concubines if that was feasible" and woman were more "property" than "enthusiastically consenting parties".
3. The only non-religious, logical excuse I can think of to be against gay marriage is that the government has to give legal benefits to more people in general. But that's a purely numbers "benefit" as it's certainly unfair, and wouldn't be supported by egalitarians.
Load More Replies...I have long believed that same-sex couples should be able to exchange vows. All they need to do is come up with another name for it. Marriage is and has always meant a man and a woman. If they can come up with "bromance," surely they can find another name for marriage.
when your username is serenity and your profile pic. is you sucking your middle finger.#NowThatsADoubleStandard ... i do agree with her post tho
It depends, by means Of getting married in a church, based on a religion that is anti-gay i can understand it. Getting married outside Of church should be for everyone.
It's really not cheaper. If you buy and roast a chicken. It is cheaper and healthier than buying nuggets. An Apples or oranges (when in season) are usually cheaper than candy bars. Some people just don't have access to this food or don't know what to do with it.
I've always thought it a bit weird when people talk about some simple, unprocessed things being super expensive. I mean, raspberries are really expensive for some reason (probably because they go off fast), but you can get a bag of apples or tangerines for like, $5 where I live. You can also get some relatively cheap meat. I mean, you won't get some quality cuts like filet mignon, but if you NEED cheap food you can make like, the good-tasting stew out of cheap cuts of beef.
Load More Replies...I just want to say this because a lot of people seem to believe this myth: ORGANIC FOOD ISN'T HEALTHIER FOR YOU. The growing of it requires less and/or different kinds of pesticides. Sometimes the environmental impact is better (it can depend on the food.), but it's not healthier. Meat that is organic involves animals raised without antibiotics (most importantly, the preemptively used antibiotics), which usually improves the health of the animal while alive, but doesn't change the health content of the meat after slaughter.
That’s because your government subsidises huge conglomerates and processed food, instead of real food farmers.
I cant read any more of these. They are pissing me off. Not my intent for the day.
Congress makes retirement (Social security) and healthcare mandates for us, and then exempt themselves.
Nobody does anything about sexual harassment, I had to be in the same class with the guy who molested me when my mom and I told the school and police. I had to be in the same room every day for months because it wasn't on school campus, but he even said he did it and NOTHING!
My neighbours kept banging on my wall at 3am this morning. It's a good job I was up, practising the drums, otherwise they'd have woken me!
Mom and Dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in...But everytime I do, they tell me to stop it. - Calvin and Hobbes
Follow your dreams so long as you don't interfere with others' following their dreams of peace and quiet!
:( they should buy some of that insulation-sound foam, so you can practice and actually follow your dreams
You mean those women who were paid by Democrats to accuse Trump.
Load More Replies...He mocks everyone for their looks while forgetting that he is no Brad Pitt. haha
I want to give that man a reverse mohawk badly, but I'll need a 10 ft pole.
I would say that gif reminds me of a toad chirping, but I wouldn't want to offend the toad.
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.
It's an American thing... Almost everywhere in Europe women have no problem being topless.
Load More Replies...Show me where to sign to allow women to go topless anywhere. I have no problem with that.
love is beautiful, not matter if its with a man or woman. If you can find someone who love you no matter what than you have hit the jackpot!
Most people are born with several features like eyelids and necks. If you don't want to see something, close your eyes or turn your head. It's like people bitching about something on the radio. I have never heard anyone complain that their radio isn't equipped with either a means of turning it off or changing the station.
PDA: public display of affection. TBH everything makes me uncomfortable, I dont go out february 14
would you be more comfortable? i have no problem with topless women, but getting a raging erection on a beach would be mildly uncomfortable dont you think?
Or how personal some people get. You would never ask a straight couple how they have sex, but I have heard people asking Homosexuals that exact question. I hate how their one argument against PDA of Homosexuals is that it makes them think of how they sleep together, and that is gross. Well, imagining old people doing it is gross... That is why I keep my mind out of their bedroom. haha
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 !
No, I don't think it meant it for all vegetarians. It specifically meant it to those people, who will be vegetarian to protect animals, but will still carelessly throw rubbish away. We have a saying in Hungary: "Akinek nem inge, ne vegye magára." ("If it's not your shirt, don't put it on"), meaning that if it does not apply to you, do not take it personally. Even if it has the words vegetarian in it.
Load More Replies...This sounds like an unnecessary dig at vegetarians. Pretty sure it’s all of humanity that discards their “rubbish”. Take your hate somewhere else
Many vegans also claim to care about animal rights but they continue to kill millions of field animals each year plowing and harvesting their fields.
*vegetarian. Vegan is when you don't eat any animals or animal products
Load More Replies...I am "friends" with one because my family can afford for me to buy multiple ice creams at lunch and have tons of cool things
Load More Replies...Absolutely agree with this one. I did that and I felt good afterwards, like I got rid of a huge load.
I can relate, an in law burst into tears when told I had cancer, but not once did they bother to ask how I was
If I tried to run topless I would end up with a black eye and they would most likely just tear off, lol. I get the point but. . .yeeowch!
False, it's legal in most states for women to be topless. If you want to do it, you can.
Jogging topless is something you will pay for later. Your boobs will reach below your waist.
This is like... the opposite of "Don't knock it till you try it". Like, seriously, try it in your own home- unless you have really small breasts, you're just going to strain your chest with the momentum.
again same as with the beach. i dont have a problem with this but its really, REALLY uncomfortable getting a raging boner in public
I don't think this is too much of a double standard? I have never seen a man with breasts jogging topless, I think it's a support issue?
To be fair here, the current POTUS gets away with things that would land most of us unwashed masses squarely behind bars, so. . .
At the very least, he says and does things that would get a 5 year old's butt paddled or their mouth washed out with soap.
Load More Replies...Oh, let him tweet. It may be the least destructive thing he will do in office. He could be selling off national parks, allowing life-robbing polluters access to our land, giving himself more tax breaks, or even just diddling some bimbo with a cigar like one of his predecessors.
"I can't [insert fringe benefit] but people with different/better jobs can." I can't stand the guy either, but this is not a double standard.
They arrest me for running into the White House, but they don't arrest the POTUS!
a woman jogging in a sports bra gets slutshamed but a guy jogging shirtless dosen't #NowThatsADoubleStandard
Have you heard of a f*ckboy? They aren't exactly the same, but you can't say that men sleeping around is encouraged.
Yeah. It's not GOOD, but it's not hypocritical.
Load More Replies...This one makes no point whatsoever. The fact is Donald Trump is President and you need to get used to it and stop whining.
You do realize that the person who tweeted this did so days before the election right?
Load More Replies...I don't see where its acceptable for a guy to have multiple partners... he's still a cheater and gets dumped the same way a girl would be...
i guess it is but if all the partners are all in equal relationships with one another then that's another story but if it is just the guy then that's pretty much called a cheater
Load More Replies...yeah f**k that s**t right off b***h. anyone with multiple partners is a c**t
3rd time this is on the list. It's bad for both to be promiscuous and neither should be applauded (and I certainly don't know anyone with half a brain who thinks guys with multiple partners are "cool")
Because this is one of the most unfair double-standards in existence.
Load More Replies...A key that opens many locks is far more impressive than a lock that can be opened by many keys.
Except people are neither locks or keys. I mean, if YOU want to think of yourself as a soulless, inanimate object, go ahead, but I consider MYSELF a person.
Load More Replies...I don't see that as a double standard. But rather an informed critique.
Why use twitter if you hate it? It is a choice to use twitter not a necessity.
Load More Replies...Reword it, and I could see it as a double standard, e.g., When someone repeatedly tweets criticisms of other people for making tons of lame tweets.
but what do they hate? the trolls? the nazis? the russian bots?
Depends on the purpose of your account. I hate most of Facebook but I use it as means of communication while doing team projects at school, and also, as a way of receiving advices on degus and corgis' care by fellow owners.
Er. Isn't that how the chain of command works? Unless they mean absolutely everything, in which case get in touch with your union rep....
Double standard within your “double standard” post: lowly employee does all the are work and the BOSS does nothing 🤣🤣🤣🤣Well...years early BOSS did all the work to build a business, while the future employee did nothing.
In situations where that is the case, it likely could be described by the tournament theory. The boss won the tournament against his coworkers when he was at your level. Now he's being rewarded for that victory, not necessarily for his current accomplishment/productivity.
It's called the golden rule: he/she who has the gold makes the rules.
The pervasive presence of societal contradictions highlighted on platforms like Twitter echoes many of the themes explored in our earlier examination of how double standards shape daily life.
You might find it insightful to explore more about these contrasting expectations and their visual portrayals in social double standards depicted through powerful imagery.
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.
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.
