This was actually a comment/reply to my post “Top 10 Double Standards Men Face”. The user, stiletto, shed some light on what common double standards women face. Some of these I was very aware of, and others not so much. Good Read. Enjoy.

#7 – On a less serious side, double standards exist even in daily things such a communication. The reverse of number 5 would be when a man asks a question, he is concerned about his woman. If a woman does, she’s considering to be nagging. Women are often come at by men to ask too many questions, to want too many details. However, I don’t know too many men who want half assed stories either. Similarly if a woman is upset, she’s considered to be overly emotional and too sensitive. When a man feels down one day, his woman is expected to be understanding and attentive. If she’s not, he can just turn to the next woman… readily available.

#6 — In today’s career world it is very easy to enter your late 20s or early 30s and not be married. The outcome of this for men is that they are viewed as focused, driven individuals. On the flip side, a woman in the same age group, also unmarried and without children, is looked upon by society as crazy. Someone must not want her, something has to be wrong with her, etc. etc. Sorry guys, she’s probably single by choice.

Top 5 Double Standards

Yes, I know the picture is witty.

Preface: I personally think relationships are at equilibrium when double standards are understood, rationalized between both parties, and subsequently agreed upon over a glass of wine and a fun shag. One, for instance, is that I can walk around the gym with my top off but you can’t walk around the gym wearing a wife beater with no bra. Image is everything, and at the very worst i’ll be deemed as attractive by some unsuspecting soccer mom. At the very worst you will be deemed as the town whore (aka my girlfriend). Not wassup.

Another example to clarify. I can tweet “i just scratched my [scrotum]” on Twitter and at the very worst i’ll get one or two “eeewww @DrDapo“… however if you tweet “i just picked some lint off my [box]” you will be deemed to be a filthy skank. Hey it’s life. I didn’t say it was right, but it’s just the way things are.

Stereotypes, to a certain degree, keep us sane. I am all for challenging but to live life in the “ideal” and not the “real” is to live life as an impressionable infant. Harsh but true.

Please be advised.

Now for the Top 10 Double Standards that Men face…

Ones to look out for: #4, #5, #6, #7

Top 10 Double Standards