Meaning of double standard in English
(Definition of double standard from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
double standard | Intermediate English
Examples of double standard
double standard
Are you addressing that double standard in the series?
From Variety
This double standard may not be fair, but it's also not particularly surprising.
From NPR
How do you not have a double standard but be fair as a reporter in this campaign?
From Slate Magazine
There's a certain double standard surrounding the modern wedding.
To catch our attention, then, we must indeed pass a high threshold of double standard to rise above the cesspool stench of national politics.
From Huffington Post
Clearly, cosmetic practices are changing and the double standard is lessening, but where this is all heading is not as clear.
From Huffington Post
It seems to me that there is a double standard on tolerance.
From Huffington Post
In response to calling it a double standard, it's naive and illogical to think that strength should not be taken into consideration.
From TIME
As long as can be remembered, there has been a double standard about going gray.
From Huffington Post
So this is another example of the double standard that exists in this country between the mainstream media and the conservative movement.
From TIME
Is the way this is billed and presented, is that not in itself somewhat of a double standard?
From NPR
I think there is a double standard here.
From New York Daily News
You know, there is a double standard here.
From CBS News
Only in sports do you find this ridiculous double standard.
The double standard may be an undercurrent of the women's game, but it shouldn't be reinforced by the people in charge.
From ESPN
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