Essay On Double Standards

Domestic violence is also a result of gender inequality (Furze et al, 2008). Gender acts as a stratification system that creates inequalities between men and women by ranking men above women within the same race and class (Lorber, 2003, as cited by Knoblock, 2008). Because men had a higher rank, they had more power and more prestige than women. This paved way for male domination of women in society (Knoblock, 2008). Gender inequality also reinforced stereotypes about masculinity and femininity i.e. men were tough, authoritative, powerful whilst women were passive, weak and dependent (Knoblock, 2008). These ideas permeated society, and hence provided reasons for men to think that they have a right to assault a woman (Knoblock, 2008). The link between domestic violence and gender inequality is

Domestic violence against men refers to being in an abusive intimate relationship such as marriage, co-habitation, dating or within the family. As with violence against woman domestic violence is considered a serious crime. Many men who report abuse to the police often get criticized and often face social stigma. People have trouble understanding why a woman who is being abused by her significant other does not simply leave the relationship. When the roles are reversed, then the man is the victim of the abuse; people are beyond clueless and are confused as to why he selects to stay. However, anyone who is in an abusive relationship understands that it is never that simple, to just pick up and leave. Ending a relationship, even an abusive one, is rarely easy. Domestic violence against men is believed to be nonexistent. According to Strauss (2003), he says, “There are many theories on the causes of domestic violence.” Some of those theories can be due to traumatic events in a man’s childhood and therefore it affects their thinking which in turn causes them to accept domestic violence. However, some of the few reasons men do not leave is for the sake of their children, they feel ashamed/embarrassed, they are in denial

First of all, gender inequality is not only a problem that affects women. Although women are under a great disadvantage, gender inequality has an impact on men too. With stereotypes that define all men as strong and aggressive and women as soft-hearted, it is

Unprovoked battering. Over the years the term domestic violence has been given mass popularity in society. This is due to the many highly publicized events ranging from the Ray Rice’s abuse charges all the way to the murder trial of O.J. Simpson. The term domestic violence has emerged from a vow of silence in households to a prevalent discussion that has flourished throughout society. Or has it? Yes, domestic violence has been recognized as an issue in society. This has resulted in numerous campaigns to prevent and stop domestic violence from occurring around the world. Due to society’s perception and gender roles within, however, the defining principle of domestic violence has been altered from general violent or aggressive behavior committed against ones partner, to violence committed by males against females.

Being female has affected my life in many ways, both positive and negative. However, when I compare them the negatives outweigh the positives. Almost all the negatives on my list seem to lead to double standards. A double standard defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary is “a set of principles that applies differently and usually more rigorously to one group of people or circumstances than to another; especially a code of morals that applies more severe standards of sexual behaviour to women than to men.” I feel this is very fitting as even in the definition itself it refers to gender double standards that apply to women more than men. I have experienced double standards from sexual objectifications to social pressures and stereotypes.

Feminism, a vindication of the rights of women as Mary Wollstonecraft would say. There are many topics I could talk about but, the one I want to focus on is gender based violence. Many people say that, “Men face violence too.” Which is true, men do face violence in domestic relationships but because of the standard that is put on society most of them are less likely to come forward unlike women, who are more likely to. However, I am not going to be talking about men facing violence. I am going to be talking about violence among women. Domestic violence is the most common issue women suffer from. Is it because in the words of Mary Wollstonecraft that, women are rendering themselves as gentle domestic brutes? Talking about

I definitely agree there are double standards for men and women, especially when it comes to hair. Whether a man should have chest hair or if a woman should shave there facial and leg hair. Sadly there is so much pressure for women to appear a certain way, which society has deemed ideal and acceptable. That causes embarrassment, depression and having an obsession on the way we look. As an example there are people in the world who physically change themselves to look like someone else and spend thousands of dollars to do it. It is crazy to see that with all the different forms of media and social media, there is even more pressure on how to look and others will take drastic measures to fix their appearance.

Susan B Anthony once said, “Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less." For decades now, our society has been dealing with gender inequality. Most men wouldn’t care about this issue because their lives aren’t being impacted by this. Women have been, and are still facing discrimination against their gender. The inequality negatively influences a woman’s life at home, school, and at work. It also limits the things that they are capable of doing and it violates their human rights. Compared to how it was back then, there has been a great amount of change in our society, but men are still preferred over women in most situations.

In today’s society women have it rougher than men. Women have it rougher than men in emotional, occupational, and life situation. When going to school or an activity, women are treated differently. If a girl sent nudes or had sexual relationship with a boy other girls would perceive her with a derogatory terms. If men did the exact same actions, they would be applauded for their actions or accepted in society. Women tend to follow other just to feel like they fit in with everyone else. To pursue their career, they tend to work harder then men because they are already judge to not be as good as men. Like in the movie Patch Adams, there were about two girls in the med school and all the rest were men. The norm of life is also harder for

Domestic violence or crime committed by family members increased slightly from 1.1 million in 2010 to 1.4 million in 2011 ( National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 2011, p.2). Violence against women is common and results from association of gender with power and social control. According to Andersen, feminist scholars state that violence is a weapon men use to control women. Domestic violence emerges when one person demonstrates power over the other through violent means (Andersen, 2011, p. 189). Violence is one way men maintain their power over the women. Andersen claims, domestic violence emerged directly from the patriarchal structure where men were allowed to beat their wives to express male authority. Throughout the seventeenth and nineteenth century, based on the law, men were allowed to beat their wives as long as the method remained within certain tactics (Andersen, 2011, p.187). Anderson points out that there were cases where men were also victims of family violence; however, their injuries are not as sever when compared to injuries females face in violent relationships (Andersen, 2011, p.189).

Originally the double standard meant that women should not have sex before or outside of their marriage. But it was ok for men to have sex period. More recently there is a new double standard with the belief that men and women are more of equals. Now women can have sex without marriage but they must be selective and conservative about it. The whole guys are the man if they sleep with numerous partners but women are sluts if they behave in the same way. Men are taught that sex is natural and normal where as women are taught that sex is something that is shameful and spoken

In today’s day and age, you find countless situations where you can see that gender inequality is not just a problem, it is an abomination to the human race. Gender inequality refers to the unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender; it arises from differences in socially constructed gender roles. Gender inequality exists because society has put women into different roles and/or stereotypes that when a female does the opposite it seems wrong or socially incorrect. Inequality amongst the female gender is taken back to when America first began, when it was men who founded this country. Many people think it is caused because God created man before the woman. However, the fact of the matter is that inequality exists because

Society says that notably men are physically stronger than women, and, therefore, should be able to prevent any kind of female violence. Statistics show that violent IPV by women tend to use objects during IPV at a higher rate than violent men. Another reason men are often reluctant to report victimization is due to the expected hard judgment for "allowing" themselves to be abused by a woman and to be viewed shamefully by others, resulting one to question his masculinity. There are instances where even if a male has been abuse by a woman, the perspective is usually misconstrued to validate the female abuser’s actions as self-defense . This tends to focus on female victims of domestic violence and ignore males as victims of domestic violence is a problem. The media has a hand in this they focus only on female victims of domestic violence and all too often fails to mention male victims. Almost every article in the newspaper and every program on television about domestic violence focuses on female victims. Most organizations promote the idea that females are the overwhelming majority of victims of

Domestic violence happens to whoever, whenever, and wherever. Activists and the public have made domestic violence a “women's issue” by pushing people to believe them and scare men victims to not speak out. Researchers and political activists claim that women and men are victimized by domestic violence in equal

Since the beginning of time, men and women have been categorized differently and given their own set of expectations and constraints. Still to this day, the differences among genders are labeled throughout society, and especially for women, this creates a drawback in the hope for equality. There has been increasing improvements in the last 100 years for men and women to gain identical rights and treatment, although this does not mean things are perfect in the least bit. Women have been given an identity and when they step away from the norm, negative reactions make it apparent of how society feels women ought to conduct themselves.