Double Standards, Men vs. Women Options

[rOckThISshYt]

As I'm sure everyone knows, there are many double standards when it comes to men and women. The most obvious and known one is:

Girl sleeps around=slut/smut/whore/hoe/hoebag (AND SO MUCH MORE! )
Guy sleeps around=pimp/player/playa/stud/"true" man/etc...

Now, that's just cruel. I don't even think men should sleep around. But there are many more double standards than that, too. I mean, there are some unfair ones when it comes to men, too.

Girls can hit guys all they want but a guy can never hit a girl. Not only is it not be fair for them to defend themselves (which it should be), it implies taht woman are infirior, less capable, and weaker. Honestly, a lot of them time we are. But that's just natural because men have hormones that make them build muscle much easier than us chicas. Now, I'm not saying that if we go full force at men they should pound this sh!t out of us. But I do think they should be aloud to maybe slap us back. Not hard. But it's only fair. (Not in a relationship, though, because it's known that the woman have more power. )


I was just wondering what you thought of these double standards. Also, if you can think of any more, post them. And we can reply our thoughts about those, too. Just... er.... yeah. reply.

[madchenallein]

Our society is severly messed up. Some, or most, of you may find this opinion old-fashioned, but I think that our gender behavior is a result of our brains; our brains are wired for female if we're female and wired for male if we're male. Science continually turns up evidence of how the two gender's brains work differently. Thus, we develop differently, behave differently, and think differently. I think it's important to embrace these differences.

The whole issue of name-calling is really an issue of disrespecting yourself and others, not a double-standard issue.

I think standards ought to be different for the genders, and it would work if everyone adhered to them, but they don't so it doesn't. Of course, then you do get the odd 'female body-builder' case, where a woman has so obliterated her gender role that her brain is producing more masculine hormones, either because she's dosing or has encouraged it by physical development. I don't know how a standard would apply to that.

BUT, what I mean is acknowledge these scientifically proven facts: women in general are weaker than men physically, men are in general, taller, louder, and more authoritative. Don't get offended by these, embrace them. I'm not saying no woman can be a leader and that some girls aren't stronger than some boys, remember I'm dealing in generalizations and I KNOW there will always be exceptions. But, women are gifted nurturers, advisers, and supporters. Use that. Don't get mad when a guy holds a door for you (not that that happens too much any more) just say thank you. When your husband makes a decision for the good of you both, respect him for it even if you don't like it. Leadership, when done correctly, is not really a position of power, it's really servitude and the responsibility and worry can be crushing, but someone has to do it. If there are not followers, we can't have any leaders. If everyone is a leader, we go nowhere.

Anyway, let the criticisms begin. Can ya tell I'm NOT a feminist?