Double Standards

Sarah Palin and the New White Ebonics

Adam Hanft | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ebonics, Vice Presidential Debate, Double Standards, Palin's Grammar, Doggone Betcha, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Adam Hanft

Were she black, Sarah Palin's performance would have been skewered by the right as undignified and demeaning to the office she seeks.

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In Defense of Double Standards

David Weinberger | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racial Double Standards, Double Standards, Barack Obama Race Speech, Race, Barack Obama Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Obama Race Speech, Jeff Jacoby, Politics News
David Weinberger

We can, and should, express our strong disagreement with the particularities of Wright's sermons, but if we stop there, we will continue in our fantasy that there is a single culture and a single vision of the future.

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When Men Let Themselves Go

men.style.com/details | Pete Wells | Posted 01.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Men's Health, Double Standards for Women, Men Health, Double Standards, Weight Gain, Sexism, Living News

Letting yourself go is not exclusively a male pursuit, of course. It's just that men can get away with it. Last year, Tyra Banks publicly defended her...

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Patterns of Perversion

Larry Womack | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Catholic School Sexual Abuse, Double Standards, Sexual Double Standard, Sexuality, Sexual Harassment, Politics News
Larry Womack

The scourge of heterosexuality is here, it's among us, and it's time to fight back.

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Why Men Can Cry And Women Can't

AP | JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 10.25.2007 | Living

Read More: Crying, Double Standards, Ellen Crying, Sexism, Ellen Degeneres, Living News

"Please, please, please, just give the dog back," Ellen DeGeneres wept on national TV last week. It was a moment that quickly established itself in th...

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