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Gender and Respect. What’s With The Double Standard?

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 30 Jul 18

Has anyone else noticed how respecting a man means a kind of awed fear, but respecting a woman entails an unnecessarily “reassuring” sensitivity, that often comes with physical touch and diminutive words? I’m not delicate. Don’t...

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What you feel when you see people with Double Standards?

Chaitra Vasanth @chaitra001 (3278) • Bangalore, India 5 Sep 17

Hi Friends, I have seen few people with double standards. I could not digest that the same person was talking complete opposite to the statement what he said couple of days before. This made me feel I cant trust...

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liars

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Tired Of The Double Standard Yet

Go Crossbones @crossbones27 (52905) • Mojave, California 29 Apr 17

If roles were reversed,where Clinton eked out a win to be President of the US over Trump and Congress remained exactly the same as it is now. The Only thing different would be Clinton's moderate left leaning policies. Russia...

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Double Standards - II

Nitin Sharma @Rationalwriter (1813) • Lucknow, India 26 Nov 15

Inspired from the discussion of @JudyEv, I want to give an awesome example of Double Standard!! When our new Prime Minister got selected, he promised to bring "Achche Din"( meaning Good days) in terms of prosperity for the...

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Double Standard

redredrose @redredrose (1105) • United States 20 Feb 13

Iv'e heard that when a guy dates many women hes a stud a dude cool but when a woman dates many guys at once or so many in her life shes considered dirty or not right. When a man marries an older woman hes cool man dude or so...

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Double standard in the family

doroffee @doroffee (4222) • Hungary 21 Nov 12

I hate how my parents don't obey those laws of manner or rules that they expect me to obey. It's all about respect... why should I respect people if they don't respect me? The story goes the following. I've had kind of delayed my...

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Women Cheat More

STOUTjodee @STOUTjodee (3670) • United States 4 Nov 12

This statement "Women cheat more than men do " just strikes me as funny. Usually, women cheat with men, so there are the same amount of men that cheat as women. What do you think of my theory? Also, do you think women cheat more?

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Teflon Li-Lo?

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 23 Jun 11

If anyone did half of what Lindsay Lohan had done to offend the legal system of California they would be cooling their heels either in jail or a prison cell. Again and again Lohan avoids the slam of the steel door. Is this...

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Racism at its finest!

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 9 Feb 11

[i]COLUMBIA, S.C. -- An African-American lawmaker in South Carolina said Tuesday that stricter illegal immigration laws would hurt the state because blacks and whites don't work as hard as Hispanics. [/i] Read more:...

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Do you maintain double standard ? ?

K.Rajib G. @krajibg (11922) • Guwahati, India 23 Aug 09

Hello friends and all, Double standard. I know you would say that you do not or hardly maintain double standard. You know you are lying but you are keeping it aside as a mere fib that harms none. But is it really so? We know -...

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If You're Teaching People There Is No God... You Are Preaching!

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 20 May 09

For some reason, a lot of Atheists and Agnostics have decided that it's wrong for religious or spiritual people to preach our "gospel" to others, but they feel completely free to preach their lack of gospel anywhere they...

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Why Double Standards?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! @krupesh (2608) • India 27 Mar 09

People who migrate to another country & living there from so many centuries still support the country from where their ancestors had come.They eat what they get , they sleep , they earn being in the migrated country. But in...

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How can you be against Abortion, but Pro Death Penalty?

II2aTee @II2aTee (2559) • United States 10 Feb 09

Help me understand this. Most people I know who are against abortion are also supporters of the Death Penalty. The two main reasons anti-abortion people have are 1. All life is sacred. 2. They dont want their tax dollars...

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double standard in cricket?

stardustcdsd @stardustcdsd (1856) • India 20 Dec 08

hi friends.you must have known about india calling off the tour to pakistan siting security reasons.may be will get a look at it. india:too many terror attacks in the last 9 months pakistan:said to host al the major terror...

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Someone teach Sarah Palin what the First Amendment says, please

ClarusVisum @ClarusVisum (2163) • United States 31 Oct 08

"Palin told WMAL-AM that her criticism of Obama's associations, like those with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, should not be considered negative attacks. Rather, for reporters or columnists to suggest that...

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Why is double standard a problem between women and men

melina24 @melina24 (4) • United States 5 Sep 08

why is it that when a guy does something a female compares her self to the situation a guy say well its is not approriatefor a woman to do certain things. For example:A guy could go out drink and party all night and the female or...

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Double Standard

emmanola @emmanola (482) 8 Aug 08

I often feel that double standard is applied in high places the world over. Big and influencial countries commit atrocities and get away with it whereas smaller or not so great nations are punished for their actions. Why are...

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Do Liberals Even Know What "Standards" Mean?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 7 Apr 08

It's long been proven that there is a double standard when it comes to standards. When a Conservative is caught with their pants down, liberals will rake them over the coals. This puts a pretty bad light on the concepts of "live...

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is this a double standard or not?

winterose @winterose (39887) • Canada 5 Mar 08

people often see an adult daughter and her mother living together and they don't think much about it. But when a grown man is still living with his mom, they find it strange, almost abnormal. - Do you think it is wrong for a...

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Is it more acceptable when Men go astray to relationships than Women?

mcjeannie @mcjeannie (703) • Philippines 14 Jan 08

Throughout the history, men are always known as polygamous.But the world is changing and what men can do are now being done by women.So, is it more acceptable for men to go astray to relationship and marriage than women? Please...

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