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Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde
To be honest, I don't really get the concept of "double standard". How exactly do you define this?
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Two different standards for similar situations. It's usually brought up when indicating unfairness.
As a rough example, consider the scenario of men and women in the same jobs, where the women are paid less for their time. It's a double standard: men and women are considered equal (at least by western society standards) and they're both performing the same tasks, yet men are being held to a different standard (pay scale) than women.
In common usage you're more likely to see "double standard" being applied to behaviors, rules, and judgments, though.