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Double Standards

9 Awkward Double Standards From The Conservative Movement

Katy Hall & Nick Wing | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
Read More: Video, Abortion Waiting Period, Conservative Movement, Conservatives, Oil Subsidies, Double Standards, Mandates, Gop, Conservative Double Standards, Gun Waiting Period, Government Subsidies, Background Checks, Education Funding, Republicans, Politics News

On Wednesday evening, 41 Republican senators voted against expanding gun background checks. In doing so, they helped define the legacy of an expansive...

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What's Wrong With This Cover?

Foz Meadows | Posted 04.04.2013 | Books
Read More: Publishing, Feminism, Marketing, Women, Gender, Writing, Bias, Anne Sexton, Femininity, Sylvia Plath, Books, The Bell Jar, Double Standards, Alexandra Topping, Chick Lit, Books News
Foz Meadows

I'm not impressed with the near-universal acceptance of "chick lit" as a pejorative.

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Lady Gaga, Jennifer Hudson and Hollywood's Weight-Race Double Standard

Sarah Springer | Posted 12.15.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Women, Jennifer Hudson, Weight Loss, Double Standards, Lady GaGa, Weight, Race, Hollywood, Black Voices News
Sarah Springer

Although Jennifer Hudson is being praised for her recent weight loss, the extra weight she carried in the beginning of her career was never really presented as an issue. Neither have Nicki Minaj's curves. In fact, those voluptuous bodies are considered the norm when it comes to these entertainers of color.

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What A Matchmaker Taught Me About Finding Love

Rym Tina Ghazal | Posted 12.11.2012 | Weddings
Read More: Women, Love and Relationships, Child Bride, Tradition, Men, Husband, World News, United Arab Emirates, Culture, Marriage, Religion, Wife, Saudi Arabia, Double Standards, Virginity, Religion and Sexuality, Love, Matchmaker, Weddings News
Rym Tina Ghazal

And here lies her secret to a successful, long career of matching over 154 couples. She swears that, so far, she has had only one failure. Only one couple broke up soon after marriage from the ones she matched over a span of 12 years.

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From The Bachelorette to the Boardroom (and Bedroom): What Have We Learned?

Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 07.18.2012 | Women
Read More: Equality, Emily Maynard, The Bachelorette, Feminism, Feminist Stereotype, Gender Stereotypes, The Bachelor, Feminist, Double Standards, Women News
Shira Hirschman Weiss

The women in my neighborhood always seemed to be complaining of some injustice or another and I wanted them to stop. "Why bring attention to yourself like this?" I remember thinking at age 10.

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Changing Etiquette Between the Sexes

Daylle Deanna Schwartz | Posted 07.04.2012 | Women
Read More: Gender Etiquette, Women's Issues, Double Standards, Equality, Gender and Equality, Etiquette, Battle of the Sexes, Women News
Daylle Deanna Schwartz

Women want equal rights, but some expect old standards to prevail when it suits their needs.

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A Slut Manifesto

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 05.09.2012 | Politics
Read More: Slut Manifesto, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Slutwalks, Gloria Steinem, Rick Santorum, Women in Politics, Equal Rights, Women Rights, Hervotes, Newt Gingrich, Political Empowerment, Double Standards, Slut-Shaming, Religious Misogyny, Sexism, Jessica Valenti, Contraception, Racism, Violence Against Women, International Women's Empowerment, Politics News
Soraya Chemaly

Every woman, even one simply speaking intelligently in her own interest, is a potential slut. A slut is also any woman who wants to control her reproduction, build a life, earn a living of her own, dress how she wants, and take care of her health and her family.

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Are You A Slut Shamer?

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 01.21.2012 | Women
Read More: Slut Walk, Teen Boys, Bullying, Slut Walks, Teen Girls, Teen Sexuality, Parenting, Gender Equity, Porn, Slutty Clothes, Phoebe Prince, Slut-Shaming, Double Standards, Teens, Sexism, Jessica Valenti, Jennifer Pozner, Man-Whores, Women News
Soraya Chemaly

I'm not saying girls should be "like boys" (whatever that means) or that I think promiscuity is a good thing. I'm saying there should be the same standard of behavior for both sexes.

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6 Double Standards We're All Guilty Of

cracked.com | Posted 10.16.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Cracked, Cracked Articles, Double Standards, Comedy News

Every one of us has decried a double standard at one time or another. The double standard in the workplace when it comes to paying women, or the doubl...

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The 50's Are Back on The Bachelor

Desiree Moodie | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Reality Television, The Bachelor, Abc, Women in the Workplace, Double Standards, Jake, Ali, The Bachelorette, Feminism, Entertainment News
Desiree Moodie

So why does Ali have to give up a part of herself for a man who may not even choose her in the end? For love? That special reality TV brand of love?

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Sarah Palin and the New White Ebonics

Adam Hanft | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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When Men Let Themselves Go

men.style.com/details | Pete Wells | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Men's Health, Double Standards for Women, Men Health, Double Standards, Weight Gain, Sexism, Healthy 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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Why Men Can Cry And Women Can't

AP | JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Crying, Double Standards, Ellen Crying, Sexism, Ellen Degeneres, Healthy 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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