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Double standard   /dˈəbəl stˈændərd/   Listen
Double standard

noun
1.
An ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another.



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"Double standard" Quotes from Famous Books



... proved, it is no more over-powering than the desire to gamble or the desire to take drugs; it can be conquered as these other desires have been conquered; but centuries of wayward living under relaxed standards (the double standard) have made men believe that it is over-powering and they act accordingly. And women yield on one pretense or another, smilingly or tearfully—how can they resist the dominant will of half ...
— Possessed • Cleveland Moffett


Words linked to "Double standard" :   ethical code, ethic


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