Originally Posted by raaage

I don't see you complaining that women are expected to be clean and pretty, while men aren't expected to care about their appearance.

Originally Posted by raaage

ALSO WHO WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT GETTING RAPED BY A WOMEN?!?
queerbo.

Originally Posted by Kradel

"A rule or principle which is unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups."

So, when I say this I am talking directly about sexes (or genders if you didn't get that). Who would you say double standards 'support' the most? Because in my opinion, men are seen as negative and evil people while women are seen as happy as can be people.

Here are some examples:

Rape - Women do it too.
Abuse - Women do it more.
Abuse Percentage - Men Receive More (40%).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence#Gender_aspects_of_abuse[/url]) ]Although the exact rates are widely disputed, especially within the United States, there is a large body of cross-cultural evidence that women are subjected to domestic violence significantly more often than men.[193][194][195][196] In addition, there is broad consensus that women are more often subjected to severe forms of abuse and are more likely to be injured by an abusive partner.[195][196][197]

Now what I don't get is why when it comes to things like this rape is seen as a crime only men commit and abuse is seen as something a man would do to a women or another man.

You may remember this from a thread I made a while back about the right to defend yourself.

I still believe its bullshit that a man can't exactly defend themselves if you know what I am trying to say. Lets say a women tries to hit you and she started it, you have every right to defend yourself right? If you are to block and grab her hands then mission complete, you have avoided being ambushed by people who like to play hero. But if she hit you and you hit her back (harder) then you have the dicks who come in and play superman to protect that girl who started it.

Originally Posted by raaage

Double standards exist, get over it. I don't see you complaining that women are expected to be clean and pretty, while men aren't expected to care about their appearance.

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ALSO WHO WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT GETTING RAPED BY A WOMEN?!?
queerbo.

Originally Posted by raaage

I don't see you complaining that women are expected to be clean and pretty, while men aren't expected to care about their appearance.

Men who don't care about their appearance are usually the ones not getting laid.

sry to burst ur bubble son

Originally Posted by RAWWRH

As for abuse, think of it less as who gets abused more, but the severity of the abuse. My guess is that men will most likely let out a harder and more damaging attack. So yes men may get abused more, but a few cuts and scratches is nothing to a black eye and a bloody nose.

Originally Posted by Redundant

Additionally, men are pressured by the media to look good just as much as women. All you see in ads featuring male models are good looking men who are tall, dark and handsome, every single one of them with a six pack and bulging pecs.





I was always taught not to instigate a fight, but if the situation calls for it, hit back harder than you were hit. Going by this rule, if a woman is pysically abusing a man who then retaliates, she will obviously have the worse of the injuries. However, this is entirely justified, as he was merely defending himself.

As an outsider, you see a couple of scratches on the man's arm but the woman's face looks like it took a trip through a blender. You naturally assume that the man was abusing the woman. Of course, you would be wrong, but that doesn't matter. He's now in jail for abuse because you didn't get the full story or you were unwilling to listen to him.

Severity of injuries doesn't dictate the severity of abuse. Only with a full story will you be able to decide on who is in the wrong.