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46 Examples Of Double Standards In Our Society That You’re Probably Guilty Of
Equality is humanity's Holy Grail, the cornerstone of most value systems, but we have yet to reap all of its rewards. Sure, our society has tremendously evolved for the better during the last, say, 100 years, but a long journey is still ahead, and the vast array of double standards that still divide people to this day highlight this perfectly.
The double standard definition states that it is a rule or a principle applied to different people or groups. The most prominent case of double standard examples to this day come from gender equality. What's usually okay for men, is not acceptable when done by women. Starting with beach attire and ending with lady bosses, society finds unnecessary ways to chime in about what's wrong and what's right.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of insightful illustrations that uncover the uncomfortable truth behind some everyday life situations, and it's (mildly) disturbing how accurate they are. Judging by these images, it's clear that sometimes terms like 'gender equality' are reduced to no more than a catchphrase. Scroll down to see the proof for yourself, and vote for your favorites.
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Double Standards
Clothing Standards
I get fake geek girl all the time! I wear big glasses, I dress differently and I do occasionally play games. People I know say I'm trying to be a fake geek girl or gamer girl and I have no idea what they mean. I'm not trying to be anything I'm just comfy this way! I'm glad it's not just me who experiences this
Body Image Standards
Woman's face though: "I live among idiots. Honestly, do you think that I want your f***ing opinion?"
Boys vs. Girls
Double Standards
Work Rules
Fakes And Posers
Body Standards
Double Standards For Parents
That's really annoying. I only have an experience as a passer-by or a witness but I can say some people indeed are narrow-minded enough to act like that.
Double Standards On Emotions
Body Positivity
The fact that they are both eating the same thing in the same portion size just really makes this extra sad.
And people have no idea what the bottom girl might suffer from. I eat maybe 1500-1800 calories a day but I am 100 pounds over weight due do chemo and steroids to control my autoimmune diseases. I could lose the weight real fast if I stopped taking the meds- I also would not be able to walk, would lose the function of my kidneys, and my heart would swell - but I would be thin. So personally I will deal with being fat.
oh no! next time anyone tries to shame you for that, i send you my love❤
Load More Replies...I'm obese, pack a healthful lunch & snack. People ask "is that ALL you're eating?!" As if I couldn't possibly eat healthfully & be fat.
For those saying that fat people are fat because they want to, please take a second before typing to let your brain work and remember that one's weight does not strictly and exclusively depend on how much/what you eat or how many hours you spend at the gym. Genetics, body complexion, hormonal disorders, hypothyroidism, among other things DO affect on a person's body shape/weight.
Flora, same here. I'm lucky if I feel well enough to fit in two meals a day if that and weigh 240 because of health s**t. Went through cancer when I was 18 and was treated with an adult regimen of chemo that left behind massive damages they still can't pinpoint. I was my ideal weight before that and ate plenty. Now I barely eat at all and am overweight.
Load More Replies...This one has been done to me. And you never know if the person on the bottom is starving themselves because of their weight and that's there first meal in who knows how long. Maybe she didn't CHOSE to be overweight (like most people DON'T choose). Some people CAN'T loose weight no matter what they do. Just because you see a "fat" person eating a unhealthy food doesn't mean that one meal right there is why they're fat.
The problem here isn't that she is fat, and the body-shamers are just haters, who cares what they ever think. The real problem here, is that girls think (because of different magazines and commercials imo) that being thin is superior to being fat. I mean, the girl on the bottom is the one i would have turned twice to get a better look, not the one on the top.
Load More Replies...Oh, finally a double standard that isn't just about gender :D And sadly, so true!
This is so true. People are always judging me based on what I eat, I've gotten to the point that I start informing them that I'm not overweight because I eat too much or the wrong food it's because of my medical conditions. You can't fight weight gain as a medication side effect when 3 of the medications you're on cause weight gain.
This double standard needs to change. BOTH of them are eating unhealthy food. It isn't right to slander one and let the other one think that it's "cute" to eat horrible food. The issue here isn't the weight. People who are overweight know that they are; and they don't need an unwarranted opinion from a stranger. At the same time, I am tired of people saying that it can be hard to make healthy eating a choice. (Talking to both overweight, skinny, fat, obese, thin people.) It isn't hard to swap that soda for some water, is it? If you really think it is, then you probably won't accomplish much in your life. The diets of Americans promote an early death. Thin or fat. It isn't good to put that food in your body.
I can see how anorexcia &/or bulemia could become an issue. The cruelty of double standards are so sad.
Isn't this logic? If you are thin and eat and nothing happens you are probably active enough to metabolize your food before it becomes a danger. If someone who is big eats we know that for one reason or another it's too much or the wrong kind. If the first girl goes big, it's not cute any longer. Someone with a healthy tan is fine [because they probably know the dangers], someone with a sunburn needs to be told to stop immediately. Common sense.
Fat is not the only health risk associated with food. My dad was pretty skinny when he had a heart attack, partly because of cholesterol. What other people eat is none of your damn business. Ever. That's how eating disorders start at 11 years old.
Load More Replies...I don't think this is exclusive for girls. People get angry because they might that you should take care of your health. I'm so innocent...
People who insult you under the guise of "caring for your health" are the least likely to actually care for you as a person.
Load More Replies...I have, sadly, been both of these girls. Gained 50 pounds when I hit college :/
Well , if the thin one loves food, it isnt something shes doing thats hurting her but a heavy person, the love of food isnt healthy for them so they should probably stop. If the thin girl said "i hate food. I dont want to ever eat because im fat" then it would be the same because when the girl is sickly thin, its approached the same as an overweight food lover, no?
That's sad I know someone who is overweight and gets judged to lose weight it's just sad.
Fat people aren't allowed to say that they love to eat but everyone believes it even though they likely have a very awkward relationship with food.
I mean, if you're accepting your body weight as it is, while eating Mcdonalds, you semi deserve the shittalk. However it makes it worse, due to some people gaining weight by stress eating, which makes matters worse. TLDR: Don't eat Mcdonalds... and don't fat shame, give them suggestions on how to help if they're your friend, if they're not, go about your life and shut up. Unless the person is eating intense amounts of food, help them and stop them, we can't lose another life due to obscene habits, please, exercise and go on a Keto diet.
If she is fat from eating unhealthy food, that can seriously affect her health. But the one from the top is thin, and probably does not eat like that too much so it is not as bad as the one from the botton.
Sad because I'm slim and one day while having dinner with my colleagues, I ordered a large pizza and everybody praised me when I finished it all saying "wow, that was great.." "Well done." If one of my "larger bodied" colleagues eat the same thing they wouldn't have said that
This is one of the reasons why I'm so obsessed with being super skinny: I'd rather starve myself than that somebody tells me I have to.
The healthy person is obviously not binging all the time. Or they are doing a lot of exercise!
You are aware that slim doesn't equal healthy, right?
Load More Replies...Looking at this makes me wanna lose weight legit needa control myself :/ gotta have a balance.
While the comments in the bottom picture are rude and inappropriate it is normal to view the two situations differently. Either this is a treat for the one on the top and an everyday lifestyle for the one on the bottom, or the one on the top just has a really good metabolism and is enjoying how (temporarily) lucky she is to be able to consume more food than most, and the one on the bottom doesn't and doesn't know how to work with her lesser metabolism to be healthy. Either way, the one on the top looks healthy and the one on the bottom does not. Everyone's metabolism is different and we need to work with our own bodies and see what is best for us. If we know that we have a bad metabolism we need to watch what and how much we eat and make sure we get enough exercise. If we have a good metabolism we need to think about the same things but not take for granted what our bodies are capable of and still make sure that we are getting in enough physical activity and nutrients
A fit person on a cheat day vs. a person who regularly makes poor dietary decisions. How is this a double standard?
How do you know it's not a thin person who eats like that every day but has a high metabolism -vs- a person who has lost a significant amount of weight and rewards herself on a "cheat day"?
Load More Replies...I get it's non of anybody business what someone else eats and I really don't care, but fat people often feed they kids too much what is unhealthy.
and skinny parents are perfect nutritionists and feed their kids appropriately.. because they're skinny? I don't agree with your comment. I think what you're saying is just a stereotype engraved in your mind thanks to the media. I've seen skinny parents with obese kids, or maybe not obese kids but feeding them lucky charms for breakfast.
Load More Replies...What you eat is your business and nobody can insult you over it but seriously, medical conditions and genetics are just good excuses for some people to indulge. In some countries in Africa, you don't get to see a single obese person. In Japan, you rarely see plump people because they have a healthy diet, one of the best in the world.
Some "fat people" aren't heavy bc of food and only food. Its also caused by health problems, and medications, and genetics. That's something no one thinks about before they judge other people when they know nothing about them. There are plenty of "thin" people in the world who are unhealthy and hate being thin, So complete double standards there.
Load More Replies...People who are overweight most likely do not need your unsolicited advice on their diet, especially considering all the information that is readily available. They might have an unhealthy relationship with food for any number of reason, and focusing on their intake, especially when they never asked your opinion on it, is more likely to make them anxious or self-conscious and worsen the underlying problem.
Load More Replies...Anyone has a right to eat anything they want, fat or thin.
Load More Replies...So do people who engage in unprotected sex (think babies and STD's), people who engage in unnecessary dangerous activities, drug addicts, alcoholics etc. Face it, the problem isn't the vice and its medical monetary consequence, the problem is that you have to look at fat people.
Load More Replies...Generalization
Leadership Strategies
That reminds me of the man who made the experience of signing all his emails by a female name for a week to talk about gender inequality in doing business. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-happened-when-a-man-signed-work-emails-using-a-female-name-for-a-week_us_58c2ce53e4b054a0ea6a4066
Makeup vs. Natural
So damn true. One time I overheard my coworkers talking and these two guys were discussing about "girls who put makeup are so insecure, it's like they couldn't even go out without makeup if their life depended on it". Then another day in the same week, I was so tired I decided not to put makeup. The very same guy saying this was like "omg what happened to your face?". Yeah no wonder why women are "so insecure"...
Gender Equality
Shameless Girls
Double Standards
Women don't get round, they get curvy in all the right places. And that's sexy af.
Gender Equality
Girls vs. Boys
Double Standards On Young Girls
If you're a true pro-life, instead of blaming a stranger, do something towards building a society where abortion is not needed. Same goes for (extremist) pro-choicers - instead of hating on some women's decisions, let's do something towards building society where abortion is not something a womam does because "she had no other choice".
Double Standards On Bodies
I think only women have a problem with this. I can't imagine guy's really finding this a big deal. XD Also on the beach people sunbathe topless as well so. As far as armpit hair. Well you're free to do it. But people are also free to not find you attractive then. But there are all kinds of things people find attractive and not attractive so I don't really see a problem.
Shallow vs. Desperate
very well done! and the girl in the second instance doesn't even get a speech-bubble, let alone a date!
Dressing Appropriately
Girls vs. Boys
Society's Take On Men
The second one will always be an idiotic statement, for both male and female. I hear it a lot, yet don't understand why it's a race to get intimate with another person. It's a personal experience and (can be) something special, on top of that: It's none of another's business, and if those think it is, they're the ones leading a sad life. Sure, the term "Lucky at cards, unlucky in love" is on it's place in this regard, but luck can switch lanes now and then.
Dad Bod vs. Mom Bod
Have we totally forgotten how milf went ? Not that that was great but, seriously ? Which one do we pick? Can we just be who we are, male, female, or however, and just be happy? The insecurity is mind blowing to me, on behalf of the observer!
Sexual Harassment
How is this a relevant comparison? How about comparing the reaction you get as a male when telling someone about being a victim of sexual assault.
Things You Can Only Do With Boys
Double Standards
I dont agree that only weak men show emotion. It's nice to see a man who has emotions instead of trying to act like they are made of stone, with no feelings.
Appearance Standards
Comic Book Characters
Honestly, I have a problem with either gender of superhero being displayed in a sexual manner.
Sexualizing Bodies
Equality
We were playing around, play fighting when I kicked my husband in the balls. It wasn't on purpose and I instantly felt horrible as he spent about 5 minutes in pain on the floor. The worst he got me was an elbow to the nose that caused a nose bleed, and one where he slammed my back into the thermostat. Literally last week my husband asked "Why don't we wrestle anymore" and all that flashed through my head. I don't like the idea of women hitting men any more than a man hitting a woman. The only fighting I am okay with is play fighting.
Double Standards
Problem Solving
I don't agree with this one. Men get a lot of pressure on their bodies, as much as women. There is not a single person I met who said that they should "accept themselves" as a way to solve their problems (with getting laid). On the same note, any magazine cover will show that makeup is not a way to solve problems, or there wouldn't be 254 pages of the "new amazing diet already used by 45 stars that will make you lose weight before you even realize it". And we also have countless articles on "accept yourself and screw who doesn't, you don't need them anyway"...
Acceptable vs. Unacceptable
As someone who hate body hair, both are unacceptable. But I don't care about what they do as long as I don't have to touch them :p
Double Standards
Men And Women
I kinda like emotional boys more, like, atleast they aren't like those "badass" shitsacks like others. Also, expressing emotions is actually good for own body.
Standards For Dressing
Wait... what is this trying to say, even? What I gather is that people will judge you regardless of how you look. Surprise!
Double Standards In The Workplace
This is why I like the medical field. Everyone dresses the same
The Smiley Face Double Standard
Double Standards In Relationships
I hate it when people are like " Looks likes someones on there period." it's so annoying
Girl Power
women like that are the ones who make people think wrong about feminism. And, because many people are soooo closed minded, they think every single woman who wants equity are like that.
Double Standards
Gender Equality
Another double standard: just saw a news article about a female teacher that had sex with 4 of her students. Alot of comments on this are: "Boy, wish I had a teacher like that in school", "nicely done guys", ... Yet, if it had said "male teacher has sex with students" the comments would've been "omg, pedophile/perv", "castrate him", ... Both are just wrong and bad...-_-
Another double standard was in the news recently of Michelle Carter who convinced her 18 year old boyfriend to commit suicide in a quest for sympathetic attention from friends, family and the general public, face jail time. Her texts to him were exposed and she was facing a maximum of 20 years. But it was dropped to only 2 1/2 years, 15 months jail 15 months probation. You can find the transcript of the messages online. The sickest thing is not just what she was saying to the kid, but the fact she remained in a phone call to listen to him die. When it comes to the justice system, men have it far worse by a long shot. Therefore, I believed she should have served a much much higher sentence.
Load More Replies...We should stop slutshaming and bodyshaming eachother girls! (Girls can be so mean to eachother)
Disagree wtih number 8. Fathers are told: oh are you babysitting today? or stuff like"you must be giving mom a day off."
And most likely if she's saying something like; "Daddy painted your nails, how cute" she's thinking something completely different like; "you're and utter moron and I'm quietly laughing at you while I feel sorry for your wife and daughter".
Load More Replies...The comic book ones are wrong. Male characters are shown in positions of power, women are drawn to be sexy. That much has been proven & all the "comic book double standard" cartoons ignored that.
Well to be fair, Supergirl also has a cape and wears her undies on the outside just like Superman.
Load More Replies...I only wish whoever compiled this knew what double standard meant. Many of these are just examples of different problems in different situations. Eg: skimpy armor on women is a double standard between men and women based only on gender. BUT Skinny woman with burger VS chubby woman with burger are different situations. Yes, as crazy as it sounds your physical shape relates to physical condition and what you can handle. Skinny guy can't lift car but Dwayne Johnson probably can, it's not double standard to notice that. Woman without child vs mother, 2 different arguments in 2 different situations. The lie of omission there is not accounting for the fact that there are also different people making the arguments.
The point of woman with vs without child is that women get judged and shamed no matter which choice they make, by strangers who know nothing about what factors went into that decision. You have no right to judge someone for choosing to be a parent or not. Just as the woman's doctor is the only person who should be telling her what to eat or not eat.
Load More Replies...Older woman + Younger man = Cougar Older man + Younger woman = Gold Digger/Daddy issues
That comparison is subjective and what you're doing is generalizing. There are male gold-diggers and there are successful younger women who are self-sufficient with no daddy issues.
Load More Replies...I wish they were all on the same page so I didn't ave to wade thru clickbait adverts.
These are great, but #27 I think is straight out of Gamergate manuals. There's no need to bash overweight people regardless of gender.
Actually, as an addendum, several of those are Gamergate material, pages 4-5. Sorry, no, wages equality issues exist, and they're not just female hysterics.
Load More Replies...We have started to accept transgender people and treat them like humans and working on how we can make people feel less excluded and more human but we still keep labelling ourselves with these primitive labels.
Transgender people are men or women. Not "other." A transwoman is a woman, and a transman is a man. I think you meant to say genderqueer people.
Load More Replies...I especially liked number #8. Unfortunately can relate to it thinking about my highschool experiences :/
The bossy girl vs assertive boy is not nor has it ever been true. Plenty of boys have been called bossy too. There are good leaders, male and female, and there are bad leaders who simply want everyone to do things their way. They are called bossy. Also if your super is abrasive it never matters if they are male or female. This weak claim needs to die. Also shooting the breeze vs gossip. One involves discussing subjects of no importance with about noon who matters and no one is harmed unless copious amounts of alcohol is involved. Gossip usually involves talking smack about other people behind their backs and is the general cause of a great deal of societal ills. Lynchings, witch hunts and gamergate all start with gossip.
#30 Fat-shaming isn't okay for any gender. However, the image on the left (large guy, thinner, woman) is the standard trope for TV couples. Rarely is it the other way around. See: http://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-fat-guy-skinny-wife-couples/ranker-tv?utm_expid=16418821-311.AAszGoDYQ7WZsue0Bhz6ww.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F Plus, the guy on the left is drawn in a way that makes him appear unattractive regardless of size. Shave the unkempt facial/neck hair and--more importantly--draw him with the warm smile of the guy in the other picture and the image gives a different impression. Body size is not all there is about having an attractive appearance--for any gender.
Almost all of these are meninist neckbeard b******t male entitilement resentment. Most of these comic are illustrations of exactly what the problem is: men seeing their privilege as equality just because that's the way it's always been. Wake up dudebro's: if a woman takes on power, she's not stealing yours: it was never yours to begin with. Almost without exception, she's not taking advantage of you, she's leveling the playing field. Climb out of your mom's basement and interact with the real world and learn what other people are really like.
This is funny :) I never think in double standards... my mother was a career woman her mother a housewife... I choose to be a musican and I feel we're all equal because inside our shells down to the core we are all the same - human, we have been both male and female in previous lives... its our soul that remains the same and unchangable... and all these ideas are just people loosing touch with reality :) non of its real... lets focus on what we have in common rather than be divided on issues that are not real, only petty nuances.
i wish i could like this 1000 times. double standards r stupid. a shame nothing about disability is in there either. when u got mental or physical disability ( i had this personal experience) ppl ask u in study or career wise " u sure u wanna go for that? how will u cope etc!" instead of encouraging having ur back, will be the first to tell u they told u so, let u fall . but then be the same people who r like " u seen that girl with downsyndrome modellling. good for her so proud of her. wish more ppl with disabilities would go into careers and excell" ... its just ignorant >_< yes not all of us are capable of doing things but if society would adapt the majority of us could do some kind of work! excel and would feel like valued members of society. We got so many ideas etc and not able to share its frustrating.
And it is precisely because all these examples of double standards are not even so common or habitual, they really occur very little.
Load More Replies...God, most of these images are ridiculous attempts at victimization towards women. There are both men and women idiots in this world and problems with double standards are also suffered by men a lot. Among them we can see how women suffer a lesser sentence for the same crime that a man could commit, how men are asked more in a relationship than women, how now society only focuses on ´´Girl Power´´ but not on ´´Man Power´´, seeing how industries, companies, and others focus attention on women and not on men (or rather, focus on both since that would be true equality).
Some of these are good. The rest are sexist tropes that single out women unfairly. Is it really an enlightened article when you sprinkle in sexist jibes? Booo.
The only one I disagree with is the sexual assault one, men tend to get a lot if not more judgment
I feel like this person needs to know it not okay to run around with you boobs out just like it's not okay for me to run around with my penis out. They are both private parts. Also the sexist men are like 5% of the population I don't think that many people are sexist cause women often forget it works both ways
Also, yes sexism works both ways. But last I checked men didn't lose they're right to vote, work, dress how they want, or go out by themselves. Also, 97% of the male sex population hasn't been raped or sexually assaulted (forcably impregnated in a lot of cases.) like women have, just to end up being told they were "asking for it" or just being sexualized further.
Load More Replies...My BFF is 2 years and 3 months younger than me and we get a lot of negative comments but if it was reversed he'd get a high five
Most of those meme had to make a female. I am not saying they are absolutely false, they are just over expressed. As female would do them. 🤷🏻♂️ For example: Woman-things are bad. So man shouldn’t act like woman. Woman-things are bad said nobody ever and if, it was stupid being. So man shouldn’t act like woman, of course man shouldn’t act like woman. Man are not woman so they act differently. That is simple thing this. 🤦🏻♂️ Woman are emotional therefore man shouldn’t be emotional. This sentence is BS. Everyone is emotional somehow. Woman usually express themselves more then man. I don’t see anything wrong with it. Woman are more on words and talks and man are more on actual work to be done. That is what I call equality as we simply supplement each other in life. We cannot exists without each other.
Can you blame me for my sexist education when the world showed me that this is fine?
You should know #11, 21, 26 and 36 contradict #30. They contradict by fat shaming women when 30 is cheering them on for being with a thin man, which is b******t. Fat shaming happens all the time, especially when out with a thinner man. I actually had someone walk up to me and a date (on our first date) and asked the guy "can't you control her over eating? You shouldn't allow her to be seen in public when she is so fat." So yeah, 30 is wrong.
I'm intrigued. All of these posts about body standards show either overweight women who are otherwise fashionable and well-kept or unfashionable women who still seem pretty well take care of. They're always so clean in every depiction. Meanwhile the boys complaining that women treat handsome men better than unattractive men are sporting greasy, unwashed, uncut hair, neckbeards, acne, chapped lips, they're dehydrated, oily, unkempt, underwashed, unshaved, wearing dirty clothes, and then unfashionable and sometimes overwight on TOP of all that but those last two are really unimportant compared to the rest of all that. Hygiene and cleanliness are WAY more important than a few pounds. That's why James Corden is cute af and these guys aren't. The bottom line is that if you don't take care of yourself you don't come off as someone who would ever be good at taking care of someone else. Before claiming its a weight or fashion thing, ask yourself if its a hygiene thing.
The one of the good looking guy getting away with a complement to the female worker while the ugly guy scares her, people may have easily come to that conclusion insinuated in the comic, but in reality the good looking guy already built up a rapport with her earlier and now appears to be getting away with saying things that she doesn't like other guys doing.
just saw a youtube video called just for laughs it was about a woman going around in the street groping guys down below and the guys were shocked but took in their stride and walked on by but can you imagine if it was the other way around the guy would be arrested charged will sexual harassment jailed and put on the sex offenders list for years lose his work and girlfriend and be called a pervert for the rest of his life and probably end his own life....double f*****g standards....and all for a laugh..
Only 6% of rapists even spend a day in jail... And the average they spend in there are 3 years. Sex offenders list is for sexual assault/rape on those under 16, literal CHILDREN. That video was staged. Out of the 3.73 BILLION women who have been raped/sexually assaulted MAINLY BY MEN, you're gonna sit here and pin women as the bad guys?
Load More Replies...I agree with everything except #45 there's a difference between chest and genitals.
exactly, I was waiting for a comment about that. I also disagree with the comics ones
Load More Replies...Loved this compilation. Sadly, I have been working in purely "men´s area" for many years and I must say that almost all comics in the article were true. The stereotypes are b***h. It was quite surprising that half of the people saying various c**p like above were women though and according to my experience I can say that the bigotry and stupidity is the same at both genders. I think I heard it all and I do not care anymore. Why punish yourself for someone else being an idiot? Better do not take it personally and just make fun of such people with an irresistible smile on your face. ;-)
Haha some of these were funny and true, others were sad and true but there were a few that were gender based differences not society based differences.
Cringeworthy, the most of this post. Sounds like it's for teens to adolescents. or u must be a weird person yourself to be so negative and judgemental all the time. besides, what's wrong with saying a person is too fat to take the role of lara croft on her, or superman? when hollywood makes a movie, they cast a guy that fits the character, but in real life it;s suddenly a problem. this sjw/pc attitude is destroying more then it is helping.
Most of these are really good. But a few are really misogynistic. Our patriarchal society creates double standards that harm women the most, but that also harm men (such as society telling men that they shouldn't show any emotion or that they can't be as good parents as women). We do need to point out the harmful effects of these double standards on men. But even so, some of the comics here (especially the ones on the last page) depict women in a really vile, misogynistic way that is not at all in the spirit of the other comics in the series.
Are all these about gender? Seems it's pretty horrible to be a woman.
Almost all of these are standard neckbear misogyny that take no account of societal context. They leave out the very real factor of power and social hierarchy; they only work if society is already 100% equal, so that if a woman takes power, she's taking unfair advantage. Whereas the reality is that in most circumnstances, if a woman takes on power of her own initiative, she's leveling the playing field. This is a bunch of meninist b******t.
What's your definition of power? I will agree context is almost non-existent. Most men don't feel threatened when a woman is self sufficient or even in control, in fact its quite attractive. When she acts like men or women owe her something, then it switches, because there's obvious insecurity there and this is the same for men.
Load More Replies...#20 is something I will never understand about society. I feel guys are the real sluts, they'll f**k a hole in a door if they went more than a day without masturbating
Somehow I knew this was clickbait... And another men bashing article. Number 6 is the way it is.
A lot of these are stupid. especially the split figures. When someone says one thing they aren’t saying be the complete opposite. They are saying find more moderation. You can have less of a characteristic without being the complete opposite
O__o This article was about Double standards, yet the one who posted it was committing a double standard. Like you literally only had ones where all the guys were the Villains. Then I find out the persons name was Monika. Uh huh.- Also allot of these seem very in-accurate or un-observant of ones own abilities. For example: Crazy and Angry are very different for specific reason and Hitting someone no matter the Gender is still wrong.
How about the racial double standards ? I can't be proud to be a straight white man. Every other racial spectrum can be.
Why the f**k would you be proud of that? You have no control over being white or straight or a man. Where is the source of pride for being born a certain way?
Load More Replies...I love this, and am a male pig. Still fantastic humor and an honest reflection of our society.
THESE SCENARIOS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE RESUME OF AMERICA SOCIETY. I LIVED IN BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND IN EUROPE THEY DONT HAVE SO MUCH THIS. AMERICAN SOCIETY INSTEAD IS PRETTY MUCH F****D UP , TOO MUCH TELEVISION AND CELEBRITY WANNA BE. SO HAPPY I AM NOT FROM THE USA. THE ONLY SAD THING IS THAT THE BAD CULTURAL INVASION OF AMERICAN TV SERIES IS CONTAMINATING ALSO EUROPE NOW AND THEY ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING IDIOTS LIKE MOST OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION.
Entitlement is a *****. It would seem the rest of the world has already learned that a lot of people don't have s**t and never will.
Load More Replies...Actually we know that it's changed since primitive times. Studies show that modern women are more likely to mate with smaller, smarter men rather than muscular providers. This is because of equality leading to women being able to provide for themselves. Look it up. There are many things primitive people did that we no longer need to do.
Load More Replies...Right, because acknowledging common stereotypes is "liberal b******t." How about run along to Breitbart? Might be more your speed.
Load More Replies...Another double standard: just saw a news article about a female teacher that had sex with 4 of her students. Alot of comments on this are: "Boy, wish I had a teacher like that in school", "nicely done guys", ... Yet, if it had said "male teacher has sex with students" the comments would've been "omg, pedophile/perv", "castrate him", ... Both are just wrong and bad...-_-
Another double standard was in the news recently of Michelle Carter who convinced her 18 year old boyfriend to commit suicide in a quest for sympathetic attention from friends, family and the general public, face jail time. Her texts to him were exposed and she was facing a maximum of 20 years. But it was dropped to only 2 1/2 years, 15 months jail 15 months probation. You can find the transcript of the messages online. The sickest thing is not just what she was saying to the kid, but the fact she remained in a phone call to listen to him die. When it comes to the justice system, men have it far worse by a long shot. Therefore, I believed she should have served a much much higher sentence.
Load More Replies...We should stop slutshaming and bodyshaming eachother girls! (Girls can be so mean to eachother)
Disagree wtih number 8. Fathers are told: oh are you babysitting today? or stuff like"you must be giving mom a day off."
And most likely if she's saying something like; "Daddy painted your nails, how cute" she's thinking something completely different like; "you're and utter moron and I'm quietly laughing at you while I feel sorry for your wife and daughter".
Load More Replies...The comic book ones are wrong. Male characters are shown in positions of power, women are drawn to be sexy. That much has been proven & all the "comic book double standard" cartoons ignored that.
Well to be fair, Supergirl also has a cape and wears her undies on the outside just like Superman.
Load More Replies...I only wish whoever compiled this knew what double standard meant. Many of these are just examples of different problems in different situations. Eg: skimpy armor on women is a double standard between men and women based only on gender. BUT Skinny woman with burger VS chubby woman with burger are different situations. Yes, as crazy as it sounds your physical shape relates to physical condition and what you can handle. Skinny guy can't lift car but Dwayne Johnson probably can, it's not double standard to notice that. Woman without child vs mother, 2 different arguments in 2 different situations. The lie of omission there is not accounting for the fact that there are also different people making the arguments.
The point of woman with vs without child is that women get judged and shamed no matter which choice they make, by strangers who know nothing about what factors went into that decision. You have no right to judge someone for choosing to be a parent or not. Just as the woman's doctor is the only person who should be telling her what to eat or not eat.
Load More Replies...Older woman + Younger man = Cougar Older man + Younger woman = Gold Digger/Daddy issues
That comparison is subjective and what you're doing is generalizing. There are male gold-diggers and there are successful younger women who are self-sufficient with no daddy issues.
Load More Replies...I wish they were all on the same page so I didn't ave to wade thru clickbait adverts.
These are great, but #27 I think is straight out of Gamergate manuals. There's no need to bash overweight people regardless of gender.
Actually, as an addendum, several of those are Gamergate material, pages 4-5. Sorry, no, wages equality issues exist, and they're not just female hysterics.
Load More Replies...We have started to accept transgender people and treat them like humans and working on how we can make people feel less excluded and more human but we still keep labelling ourselves with these primitive labels.
Transgender people are men or women. Not "other." A transwoman is a woman, and a transman is a man. I think you meant to say genderqueer people.
Load More Replies...I especially liked number #8. Unfortunately can relate to it thinking about my highschool experiences :/
The bossy girl vs assertive boy is not nor has it ever been true. Plenty of boys have been called bossy too. There are good leaders, male and female, and there are bad leaders who simply want everyone to do things their way. They are called bossy. Also if your super is abrasive it never matters if they are male or female. This weak claim needs to die. Also shooting the breeze vs gossip. One involves discussing subjects of no importance with about noon who matters and no one is harmed unless copious amounts of alcohol is involved. Gossip usually involves talking smack about other people behind their backs and is the general cause of a great deal of societal ills. Lynchings, witch hunts and gamergate all start with gossip.
#30 Fat-shaming isn't okay for any gender. However, the image on the left (large guy, thinner, woman) is the standard trope for TV couples. Rarely is it the other way around. See: http://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-fat-guy-skinny-wife-couples/ranker-tv?utm_expid=16418821-311.AAszGoDYQ7WZsue0Bhz6ww.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F Plus, the guy on the left is drawn in a way that makes him appear unattractive regardless of size. Shave the unkempt facial/neck hair and--more importantly--draw him with the warm smile of the guy in the other picture and the image gives a different impression. Body size is not all there is about having an attractive appearance--for any gender.
Almost all of these are meninist neckbeard b******t male entitilement resentment. Most of these comic are illustrations of exactly what the problem is: men seeing their privilege as equality just because that's the way it's always been. Wake up dudebro's: if a woman takes on power, she's not stealing yours: it was never yours to begin with. Almost without exception, she's not taking advantage of you, she's leveling the playing field. Climb out of your mom's basement and interact with the real world and learn what other people are really like.
This is funny :) I never think in double standards... my mother was a career woman her mother a housewife... I choose to be a musican and I feel we're all equal because inside our shells down to the core we are all the same - human, we have been both male and female in previous lives... its our soul that remains the same and unchangable... and all these ideas are just people loosing touch with reality :) non of its real... lets focus on what we have in common rather than be divided on issues that are not real, only petty nuances.
i wish i could like this 1000 times. double standards r stupid. a shame nothing about disability is in there either. when u got mental or physical disability ( i had this personal experience) ppl ask u in study or career wise " u sure u wanna go for that? how will u cope etc!" instead of encouraging having ur back, will be the first to tell u they told u so, let u fall . but then be the same people who r like " u seen that girl with downsyndrome modellling. good for her so proud of her. wish more ppl with disabilities would go into careers and excell" ... its just ignorant >_< yes not all of us are capable of doing things but if society would adapt the majority of us could do some kind of work! excel and would feel like valued members of society. We got so many ideas etc and not able to share its frustrating.
And it is precisely because all these examples of double standards are not even so common or habitual, they really occur very little.
Load More Replies...God, most of these images are ridiculous attempts at victimization towards women. There are both men and women idiots in this world and problems with double standards are also suffered by men a lot. Among them we can see how women suffer a lesser sentence for the same crime that a man could commit, how men are asked more in a relationship than women, how now society only focuses on ´´Girl Power´´ but not on ´´Man Power´´, seeing how industries, companies, and others focus attention on women and not on men (or rather, focus on both since that would be true equality).
Some of these are good. The rest are sexist tropes that single out women unfairly. Is it really an enlightened article when you sprinkle in sexist jibes? Booo.
The only one I disagree with is the sexual assault one, men tend to get a lot if not more judgment
I feel like this person needs to know it not okay to run around with you boobs out just like it's not okay for me to run around with my penis out. They are both private parts. Also the sexist men are like 5% of the population I don't think that many people are sexist cause women often forget it works both ways
Also, yes sexism works both ways. But last I checked men didn't lose they're right to vote, work, dress how they want, or go out by themselves. Also, 97% of the male sex population hasn't been raped or sexually assaulted (forcably impregnated in a lot of cases.) like women have, just to end up being told they were "asking for it" or just being sexualized further.
Load More Replies...My BFF is 2 years and 3 months younger than me and we get a lot of negative comments but if it was reversed he'd get a high five
Most of those meme had to make a female. I am not saying they are absolutely false, they are just over expressed. As female would do them. 🤷🏻♂️ For example: Woman-things are bad. So man shouldn’t act like woman. Woman-things are bad said nobody ever and if, it was stupid being. So man shouldn’t act like woman, of course man shouldn’t act like woman. Man are not woman so they act differently. That is simple thing this. 🤦🏻♂️ Woman are emotional therefore man shouldn’t be emotional. This sentence is BS. Everyone is emotional somehow. Woman usually express themselves more then man. I don’t see anything wrong with it. Woman are more on words and talks and man are more on actual work to be done. That is what I call equality as we simply supplement each other in life. We cannot exists without each other.
Can you blame me for my sexist education when the world showed me that this is fine?
You should know #11, 21, 26 and 36 contradict #30. They contradict by fat shaming women when 30 is cheering them on for being with a thin man, which is b******t. Fat shaming happens all the time, especially when out with a thinner man. I actually had someone walk up to me and a date (on our first date) and asked the guy "can't you control her over eating? You shouldn't allow her to be seen in public when she is so fat." So yeah, 30 is wrong.
I'm intrigued. All of these posts about body standards show either overweight women who are otherwise fashionable and well-kept or unfashionable women who still seem pretty well take care of. They're always so clean in every depiction. Meanwhile the boys complaining that women treat handsome men better than unattractive men are sporting greasy, unwashed, uncut hair, neckbeards, acne, chapped lips, they're dehydrated, oily, unkempt, underwashed, unshaved, wearing dirty clothes, and then unfashionable and sometimes overwight on TOP of all that but those last two are really unimportant compared to the rest of all that. Hygiene and cleanliness are WAY more important than a few pounds. That's why James Corden is cute af and these guys aren't. The bottom line is that if you don't take care of yourself you don't come off as someone who would ever be good at taking care of someone else. Before claiming its a weight or fashion thing, ask yourself if its a hygiene thing.
The one of the good looking guy getting away with a complement to the female worker while the ugly guy scares her, people may have easily come to that conclusion insinuated in the comic, but in reality the good looking guy already built up a rapport with her earlier and now appears to be getting away with saying things that she doesn't like other guys doing.
just saw a youtube video called just for laughs it was about a woman going around in the street groping guys down below and the guys were shocked but took in their stride and walked on by but can you imagine if it was the other way around the guy would be arrested charged will sexual harassment jailed and put on the sex offenders list for years lose his work and girlfriend and be called a pervert for the rest of his life and probably end his own life....double f*****g standards....and all for a laugh..
Only 6% of rapists even spend a day in jail... And the average they spend in there are 3 years. Sex offenders list is for sexual assault/rape on those under 16, literal CHILDREN. That video was staged. Out of the 3.73 BILLION women who have been raped/sexually assaulted MAINLY BY MEN, you're gonna sit here and pin women as the bad guys?
Load More Replies...I agree with everything except #45 there's a difference between chest and genitals.
exactly, I was waiting for a comment about that. I also disagree with the comics ones
Load More Replies...Loved this compilation. Sadly, I have been working in purely "men´s area" for many years and I must say that almost all comics in the article were true. The stereotypes are b***h. It was quite surprising that half of the people saying various c**p like above were women though and according to my experience I can say that the bigotry and stupidity is the same at both genders. I think I heard it all and I do not care anymore. Why punish yourself for someone else being an idiot? Better do not take it personally and just make fun of such people with an irresistible smile on your face. ;-)
Haha some of these were funny and true, others were sad and true but there were a few that were gender based differences not society based differences.
Cringeworthy, the most of this post. Sounds like it's for teens to adolescents. or u must be a weird person yourself to be so negative and judgemental all the time. besides, what's wrong with saying a person is too fat to take the role of lara croft on her, or superman? when hollywood makes a movie, they cast a guy that fits the character, but in real life it;s suddenly a problem. this sjw/pc attitude is destroying more then it is helping.
Most of these are really good. But a few are really misogynistic. Our patriarchal society creates double standards that harm women the most, but that also harm men (such as society telling men that they shouldn't show any emotion or that they can't be as good parents as women). We do need to point out the harmful effects of these double standards on men. But even so, some of the comics here (especially the ones on the last page) depict women in a really vile, misogynistic way that is not at all in the spirit of the other comics in the series.
Are all these about gender? Seems it's pretty horrible to be a woman.
Almost all of these are standard neckbear misogyny that take no account of societal context. They leave out the very real factor of power and social hierarchy; they only work if society is already 100% equal, so that if a woman takes power, she's taking unfair advantage. Whereas the reality is that in most circumnstances, if a woman takes on power of her own initiative, she's leveling the playing field. This is a bunch of meninist b******t.
What's your definition of power? I will agree context is almost non-existent. Most men don't feel threatened when a woman is self sufficient or even in control, in fact its quite attractive. When she acts like men or women owe her something, then it switches, because there's obvious insecurity there and this is the same for men.
Load More Replies...#20 is something I will never understand about society. I feel guys are the real sluts, they'll f**k a hole in a door if they went more than a day without masturbating
Somehow I knew this was clickbait... And another men bashing article. Number 6 is the way it is.
A lot of these are stupid. especially the split figures. When someone says one thing they aren’t saying be the complete opposite. They are saying find more moderation. You can have less of a characteristic without being the complete opposite
O__o This article was about Double standards, yet the one who posted it was committing a double standard. Like you literally only had ones where all the guys were the Villains. Then I find out the persons name was Monika. Uh huh.- Also allot of these seem very in-accurate or un-observant of ones own abilities. For example: Crazy and Angry are very different for specific reason and Hitting someone no matter the Gender is still wrong.
How about the racial double standards ? I can't be proud to be a straight white man. Every other racial spectrum can be.
Why the f**k would you be proud of that? You have no control over being white or straight or a man. Where is the source of pride for being born a certain way?
Load More Replies...I love this, and am a male pig. Still fantastic humor and an honest reflection of our society.
THESE SCENARIOS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE RESUME OF AMERICA SOCIETY. I LIVED IN BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND IN EUROPE THEY DONT HAVE SO MUCH THIS. AMERICAN SOCIETY INSTEAD IS PRETTY MUCH F****D UP , TOO MUCH TELEVISION AND CELEBRITY WANNA BE. SO HAPPY I AM NOT FROM THE USA. THE ONLY SAD THING IS THAT THE BAD CULTURAL INVASION OF AMERICAN TV SERIES IS CONTAMINATING ALSO EUROPE NOW AND THEY ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING IDIOTS LIKE MOST OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION.
Entitlement is a *****. It would seem the rest of the world has already learned that a lot of people don't have s**t and never will.
Load More Replies...Actually we know that it's changed since primitive times. Studies show that modern women are more likely to mate with smaller, smarter men rather than muscular providers. This is because of equality leading to women being able to provide for themselves. Look it up. There are many things primitive people did that we no longer need to do.
Load More Replies...Right, because acknowledging common stereotypes is "liberal b******t." How about run along to Breitbart? Might be more your speed.
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