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Essay on Double Standards between Men and Women

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Some double standards that i’ve witnessed would be between men and women. Men are perceived to be stronger than women mentally and physically. Women are usually seen as victims and men are seen as the bad guy. A lot of women love to play the victim and point the finger at the men. A lot of women will run and try to defend women to help them play the victim role even further. Women are not victims and should be held accountable for their actions. In a relationship, a woman can go out to get a cup of coffee with a male friend, but if a male was caught doing that exact thing he would be accused of cheating. This is all caused by stereotypes. A stereotype is a classification of a group of people. It is not always accurate. At a …show more content…

Unfortunately this is how our world is and we’ll never know if it’s going to change.
Something i’ve realized throughout high school is that whenever a girl has to use the restroom, she will ask another girl to go with her. They make going to the bathroom a social event, meanwhile boys do the complete opposite. Boys go to the bathroom, do what they have to do, and get out. When a man dates a woman who is much younger than him, there's nothing wrong with it. When a woman dates a man who is much younger, she is called a cougar. Age and gender should not matter when it comes to relationships especially if each gender is going to be judged differently. It seems that if a woman is past the age of thirty and is still single, society will think that something is wrong with her because people think that the purpose of a woman existing is to get married. Men who aren’t married by the age of thirty do not have anything said about them because they are not expected to be married. Domestic violence is a very dangerous thing that has been escalating in a lot of relationships. The problem is that there is a big double standard when it comes to domestic violence. Some women feel that they can hit a man, but he shouldn’t hit her back because she is a woman. Very often woman are the ones doing the abusing it goes

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