What are some of the double standards within relationships and how do u feel about them? What are some of your own personal expierences with these double standards?
From a personal experience, a double standard that I've had to deal with a previous significant other is having "male friends". It was ok for him to have plenty of "female friends" but me having "male friends" was always a problem. He would always say that a male can have "female friends" cuz in most cases the female friend doesn't want anything from him...but there is no such thing as a guy sincerely wanting to be just a friend to a female. He has a motive. Honestly i didn't think that was fair at all nor was his way of thinking accurate and that was a issue that came up alot while we were together.
In the article "A Global Sense of Place" by Dorian Massey, on page 2 the author writes, "Survey after survey has shown how women's mobility for instance is restricted-in a thousand different different ways, from physical violence to being ogled at or made to feel quite simply "out of place"- not by capital but by men." I feel this quote further goes to show that double standards between men and women continue to exist, not only in thier intimate relationships but in all aspects of life. Although men can be victims of double standards, i feel that it is women who are victimized the most. Also, in contrast to men, women experience double standards that are at the more important and higer levels of life such as the workforce; and a person would think that this double standard would exist in regards to capital, however, as the quote mentions, surveys have proven that is the men who inflict this unfair standard upon women, not the job itself. Pretty much, men have found ways to not only place double standards on women whom they share an intimate relationship within the home, but also on their fellow co-workers on the job.
From a personal experience, a double standard that I've had to deal with a previous significant other is having "male friends". It was ok for him to have plenty of "female friends" but me having "male friends" was always a problem. He would always say that a male can have "female friends" cuz in most cases the female friend doesn't want anything from him...but there is no such thing as a guy sincerely wanting to be just a friend to a female. He has a motive. Honestly i didn't think that was fair at all nor was his way of thinking accurate and that was a issue that came up alot while we were together.
ReplyDeleteIn the article "A Global Sense of Place" by Dorian Massey, on page 2 the author writes, "Survey after survey has shown how women's mobility for instance is restricted-in a thousand different different ways, from physical violence to being ogled at or made to feel quite simply "out of place"- not by capital but by men." I feel this quote further goes to show that double standards between men and women continue to exist, not only in thier intimate relationships but in all aspects of life. Although men can be victims of double standards, i feel that it is women who are victimized the most. Also, in contrast to men, women experience double standards that are at the more important and higer levels of life such as the workforce; and a person would think that this double standard would exist in regards to capital, however, as the quote mentions, surveys have proven that is the men who inflict this unfair standard upon women, not the job itself. Pretty much, men have found ways to not only place double standards on women whom they share an intimate relationship within the home, but also on their fellow co-workers on the job.
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