What does double standards mean?
It's a set of principles that applies differently and usually more rigorously to one group of people or circumstances than to another. For example, if your parents smoke but tell you not to, that's a double standard. Men who sleep around are considered studs and women who sleep around are considered sluts. That's also a double standard. In other words, a double standard is something that is okay for one group, but not another.
Define double standard?
someone who does something and says its wrong for anyone else to do it
Examples of double standards?
Woman who is sexually inactive: virtuous/choosy. Man: loser. Woman in low-paying job: cares about more than money. Man: loser. Woman who excels academically: smart and hard-working. Man: geek. Woman who is not socially outgoing: sweet. Man: creepy. Woman who cries: victim. Man: weak. And on and on...
Why is Israel held to a double standard?
It’s a combination of implicit racism and antisemitism.Implicit racism - they see the Palestinians as the “brown”, “noble savage”. As such, they are not held up to modern standards of conduct. Murder of children, attacks on civilians, oppression of their own people - well, they’re the “natives”, how dare you judge them by your Western standards. This racism of low expectations allows crimes to go unpunished and essentially rewards the oppression of Palestinians by their own government, in both the West Bank and in Gaza.Antisemitism - this is a very old story. Jews have survived 2000 years of murder and persecution in Europe. The Nazi-perpetrated Holocaust was only the most recent act in a very long play. And now these Jews actually stand up and defend themselves. Just look at the vitriol and emotional energy invested by anti-Israel people when they discuss this issue compared to protestors of other issues. There’s genuine hatred there. Well, deal with it, because we’re not going anywhere.
What black/white double standards do you hate the most?
I am about fairness. And general respect for one another. I do not like it when anyone says that there is racism yet they fuel the fire just by acting and doing what they are complaining about. For example: I do not generally have anything against anyone. My best friend growing up was black. She never had an issue with me saying so. I never had an issue with her saying my white friend. Even though I'm not 100% percent white about half actually. Her family was great and e never even considered our skin when playing together. The only time we even would be reminded was when people on TV or in stores or around us at school would stupidly say something that was racial. The stupid part was it was not just hatred to one of us it was to both if us. Like whites would get mad because I appeared white yet I somehow insulted them by having a friend that wasn't white and same goes for the other way around. It was like just because we “lowered” our standards to hang out with each other. She was my best friend and I had no problem with it neither did she we would just snub the ones that had an issue.Everyone seems to be afraid of one another. I think it is totally horrible the police treat each of us differently. Because if most idolize the police then won't they idolize their behavior also. And many times there is an officer who is black that was with the white officers giving the unnecessary punishment to someone other than white. If everyone would just calm down and not put that much attention to the issue it will go away. We all liVe here only we can make it worse. And we cannot change things by doing the same things we will continue to get the same results.
What is with this double standard for women and men?
I'm a man who LOVES a girl with big, beautiful breasts!!! I just found out that this girl has a crush on me. She has small breasts (like small B'S I presume) andI don't want anything to do with her. I'm just being honest with myself and saving the time because Iknow I can't fake an interest in a girl with small breasts. I just toldmy friend about it and she is calling me shallow and calling me a jerk. I said "Why is it shallow formeto want a girl with big breasts but a girl can dum/ refuse a guy with a small penis?" She tried to make up some bulls@#$ and I just told her to shut the f$#% up and left. So why is it okayfor women to demand a man meet their standards but it isn't okay for a guy to have a preference? And notice how a woman's breast size can be changed but a man's penis size can't yet, women still use it as a determining factor. And I do not have a small penis (I'm 8 x 6), so don't even start with that s#$%!
Is there a double standard in regards to if a man touches a woman's buttocks comparative to a woman touching a man's buttocks?
There is! But before you run off, consider this:Frequency: men don’t end up in a situation where women grab their asses a lot. A lot of women do. Imagine that happening to you at work, when going out, or when jogging in the park. All the time.Power balance: if a woman grabs a man’s butt, it’s likely either a cheeky joke (pun intended) or a sexual advance. The man then can pick her up on it or not - it’s really up to him only. Now if a man grabs a woman’s butt, it’s not exactly up to her where this goes from here. If she gets upset she’s a spoilsport at best, and a victim of assault at worst (if you don’t believe me, just google the situation, plenty of material). If she responds sexually, there’s a high chance she won’t have much control over how far it will go.Familiarity: chances are when women do ass-grabbing, it will be in a setting where they know the person - it just doesn’t seem to happen often enough in public places. Now, anyone can misjudge familiarity, but grabbing the ass of complete strangers is definitely NOT a misjudgement of how much this person can tell your intentions.Dress differences: outside of the gay scene and the odd festival, men are not normally considered to be wearing “inviting” clothing. Women, in turn, are constantly judged on whether their appearance “caused” the act to happen. Imagine you get your balls kicked in by a stranger on the street because “you wore the wrong jeans”. Nuts, really (another shit pun intended).Male pride: so a woman touched you in a way you didn’t like. Will you tell your mates? Unlikely, because they’ll say: “So what?” or “And you didn’t f*ck her?”. Will you tell your boss? No way, because he’d call you a p*ssy. You wouldn’t likely even tell your female friends, because “men can’t be assaulted”. We men have cultivated a culture of zero empathy (chances are many who read this already scoff at the word), and that’s the result.So is there a double standard? Yes, women will likely get away with this action a lot more. And they shouldn’t. We should all be measured by the same measurement. But for that to be true, we need to fix the above issues.