How to Use double standard in a Sentence

double standard

noun
  • She argued that society applies a double standard in dealing with women who commit adultery.
  • That is not a double standard; that is simply a standard.
    Michael Harriot, The Root, 8 June 2018
  • But due to emotions, double standards & feelings science is cancelled this year.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 May 2018
  • But due to emotions, double standards & feelings science is cancelled [sic] this year.
    Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 30 May 2018
  • The media have a serious double standard about both (1) and (2).4.
    Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 1 June 2018
  • Commentators on the right were swift to suggest a double standard among television networks.
    Nash Jenkins, Time, 31 May 2018
  • The firing of Barr for writing a racist tweet has led some conservatives to decry an alleged double standard.
    Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 30 May 2018
  • Conservatives were quick to decry a double standard: 1.
    Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 1 June 2018
  • The sooner parents start teaching their sons to respect women and their decisions, the sooner this double standard will disappear.
    refinery29.com, 28 May 2018
  • Valve and many of its users argued that this was a double standard, as Apple allowed other remote mirroring apps on the App Store.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 6 June 2018
  • While Arthie is desperate to shed her offensive wrestler persona, her plan goes awry in a way the reflects the double standards women of color are often saddled with.
    refinery29.com, 21 June 2018
  • Is there a media double standard on immigration in which the Obama administration promised to a little scrutiny?
    Fox News, 25 June 2018
  • One of the attendees brought up Obama’s remarks and asked Washington how to speak to people applying a double standard to Harris.
    Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
  • People complaining about a double standard between Barr and Samantha Bee need to understand that all corporations are not alike.
    Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 June 2018
  • Shaming a woman for choosing to work in a particular industry while representing a man who openly patronizes that same industry is to many, a sexist double standard.
    Eugene Scott, Washington Post, 7 June 2018
  • All-Star, who viewed the move as part of a double standard.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The bassist spoke to this instance and called it a double standard.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
  • That seems like a double standard to many in the cannabis business.
    Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2021
  • This shows that there is more than a double standard at play.
    Eugene Kontorovich, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2020
  • There's a double standard in a way that is not applied to men.
    Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Daly later says in the the recording that there is a double standard regarding the use of the racial slur.
    Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2020
  • The sense of a double standard, once implanted, is hard to shake.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • DeLong says this is an easy way for the state to limit its costs, and a double standard.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2022
  • And the guy with the double standard is but one member of a great woke pandemic herd.
    John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • This has caused some to argue there is a double standard.
    W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 12 June 2020
  • Williams said that Bryant’s firing shows the double standard within the tech field.
    Tat Bellamy-Walker, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • For Frost, the hurried measures were the mark of a blatant double standard.
    Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2021
  • People are more aware that there can’t be a double standard.
    Natalie Weiner, Billboard, 25 July 2019
  • The allegations of double standards have truth to them, to a point.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • Swift sings on the tune about society’s chauvinistic double standards.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2024

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