Does having double standard make you a hypocrite?

Question

I been told it does not because genders are different. I think it does because you are treating them different but they are doing the same thing.

blueonblack22 · Accepted Answer

Sounds like you are doing some introspection here which can be good. Most women conveniently never consider societal double standards that benefit them because they falsely assume men benefit from tons do double standards. Either that women think denying this fact will magically make it go away and nobody will notice. Well guys ARE noticing and you wonder why so many of us are just angrier and angrier with women.

In we enjoy very few (and those are usually get out on the spotlight). We used 1) have a double standard about our partners promiscuity and sexual history 2) be able to date younger and prettier if we are established.

That is just about it for men though. However even these limited double standards have been put under extreme scrutiny by society and fewer and fewer men are get away with that nowadays. But I could give you a list of double standards women have enjoyed and still enjoy and take for granted a mile long. Even in our so called “modern” world they are still very alive and well

Anyway the number one double standard (that I can’t stand) is many women have higher standards for the guy they date than they have for themselves. It’s called hypergamy.

Back in the so called “patriarchal” days women were given special clout just because and only because they were women. This “I’m special just because I have a vagina” attitude unfortunately has never gone away and it’s something feminists will conveniently never own up to.

Men know damn well we aren’t “special” just for existing. The harsh reality is it’s sink or swim with what we do with our lives. We can’t count on anybody to save because no one ever will. We are expendable.

The next time you find yourself enjoying a double standard and feel a pang of guilt about it you need to ask yourself how do you usually respond to it? Do you quickly think of some assumed double standard men enjoy? Even if you have seen a man enjoy that so called unfair benefit, is it pertinent to the exact same man you are dealing with? Are you being fair to him? Or are you taking advantage of him just because an unrelated man took advantage of you somewhere in the past?

This particular man’s reality of what he experiences with you is only through his interactions with you. Period. He is not guilty of some other man’s real or perceived past transgressions against you. You are not self justified to milk a double standard in the current moment just because you got the short end of the stick with someone else in the past.

Hulk_kitty · Accepted Answer

A hypocrite is someone who pretends to have some sort of virtue but really doesn't. A hypocrite would be, say, a priest who preaches about morality, etc and presents themselves as the epitome of what he is talking about but behind closed doors molests children. People usually use it to refer to people who say one thing but they're another but unless they're pretending to also be what they're saying then they're not really a hypocrite. A convicted criminal might give a speech about the need to obey the law but they're not a hypocrite unless they're pretending that they've always been a law abiding citizen.

A double standard is where you believe that one group of people should be treated differently based on some criteria. You might think it's ok if a female teacher has a relationship with a male student but think the opposite is disgusting.

Answer no, double standards doesn't make you a hypocrite.

Hypocrite applies to the indivdual.

whereas Double standards applies to all females, all muslims or all black people.

CheeseMonster · Answer

It makes you a hypocrite if you know it's double standards . When people say it's because they are different things, then they see it as not "double," but just a "different" standard. 2 different things should have 2 different standards. It's when 2 things are similar enough that they should have the same standard that doubles happen, but  if they don't believe the things are similar enough to use the same standard, then they still wouldn't be a hypocrite, just wrong. Ex. One way women and men are similar is that they are both rational, so they should both be held to the standard of rational morality. Yet some ancient philosophers doubled that standard to lower it for only women.  But they weren't hypocrites, just wrong,  because they did it because they believed women weren't as rational as men and so required a different standard.

Kaneki05 · Answer

Yeah if it is actually a double standard.

But there are things that indeed work for one thing but not another.
For example if one thought short hair does not look good on women but does on men that's not hypocritical the sex and one's perspective of sexuality actually does make a difference to why this may be the case.
Otherwise then it would be double standard to not be Bi and stuff.

So while what your meaning won't be these examples I am sure, and you would of been more talking about "Women can't sleep around but guys can" which don't make any sense and for sure is just hypocritical. There is times things are just different.

GreekLorrd · Answer

Having a double standard can make someone a hypocrite, regardless of whether the individuals being treated differently are of different genders or not. A double standard occurs when someone applies different rules or expectations to different people or situations, even though they should be treated the same. This can be seen as hypocritical because the person is not following their own standards or beliefs consistently. So, if someone is treating two individuals differently for doing the same thing, it can be considered a double standard and therefore hypocritical.

HighValue · Answer

In most situations it does but not always.

For example if a short woman wants a tall man, but she is slim and will accept him being a little overweight it isn't a double standard in my opinion, but if she expected him to have MORE desirable qualities than she does then that would be a double standard/hypocritical. Like if she expected him to be tall, strong, not fat at all, make good money, etc., but she made little or no money, was fat, and weak, that WOULD be a a hypocritical double standard.

Sonorous · Answer

By definition, it can. But certain ways of being hypocritical are more dangerous than others. So sometimes it's not a bad thing. For instance, we're all hypocritical with what we'll tolerate from a loved one vs a stranger. Especially a stranger we don't like. But that's not inherently a bad thing. How bad it is depends on how far a person is willing to go with it. It's only as bad as how much evil the person is capable of dishing out.

NostalgiaSenpi · Answer

Hypocrisy is the practice of preaching one thing and acting totally different. Do what I say, not what I do. Double standards are the practices of unfair application of a single rule on different sets of people.

One example of a hypocrite would be a preacher who gives fire-and-brimstone sermons condemning adultery, but who is having a secret affair on the side, himself.

A double standard would be Katy Perry forcing a kiss on a guy on the lips when he didn't want it, getting no problems while an actor forcing a kiss on the lips of some girl when she didn't want it and getting in trouble for it.

Does having double standard make you a hypocrite?

Granted, they can overlap, with many double standards being hypocritical, but not always.

jshm2 · Answer

Depends on the context.

Not liking rapists, but liking mass murderers, is a double standard which would be troubling. But not liking milkshake but liking ice-cream is a double standard which is not.

A "hypocrite" is a person who doesn't care about double standards, unless it negatively affects them.

David4358 · Answer

do you mean like having different standards for a son vs a daughter vs preaching someone should do something while you yourself are doing the opposite?
in that situation one is a hypocrite while the other is double standards and they are different

SAMI_DABBAB · Answer

As long as there is correlation between the things in question yes you'll be a hypocrite, if the things just happen to be in a similar category it's fine because they don't directly impact each other

aoihewgf · Answer

Are there double standards? Yes. But a lot of the ones we talk a out today are really only coming to light now because women took all the things they hated about men and then decided let's just do it too.

PointTaken · Answer

I think it does. What exactly are you referring to?

noohair · Answer

The definition of hypocrisy does not mention gender.   hy·poc·ri·sy noun the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.

bamesjond0069 · Answer

It doesn't because men and women are different. But fine call it a double standard... it's a good thing. Sexual attraction comes from these so called "double standards" nobody wants to fuck some androgynous clone of themselves.

fonduegirl · Answer

It really does.  Example : If a guy cheats, men aren't monogamous by nature. 
 If a girl cheats, she's too easy.

AdithyaR · Answer

Yes, the whole point of a double standard is that it's hypocritical.

KrakenAttackin · Answer

It's not a double standard as men and women are very different creaturea. Next question.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

Yes. The definition of a hypocrite is to claim and uphold a belief and standard they themselves don't practice.

AliSulayman · Answer

Depends where you live and the equality situations there

Jennz6 · Answer

Yes, I agree with you

Gent207-2 · Answer

Depends on the context

BHooper · Answer

Double standards are hypocritical.

DarkLegacy · Answer

Of course it does, women need to learn this

Shortcake5 · Answer

Of course it does

Anonymous · Answer

Yeah. But most people are hypocrites.

trixietee · Answer

It does! No arguments lol

jimmy2 · Answer

Yes.

Guardian45 · Answer

Exactly!

Greenbins · Answer

Absolutely!!!

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