Double Standard Quotes That Will Make You Morally Outraged

Double standards are hard to avoid in 2021; they are all around us, especially for females, young people, people of color, or the poor.

If you fit into all four of these groups then you are likely exhausted from constantly seeing the unfairness all around you. You probably do not need examples from me, but I am going to offer just a few for everyone else.

There are plenty of double standard quotes about men and women, so I won’t spend too much time delving into that because the sayings do a great job illustrating the point! Let’s take a look at the rest though.

Have you ever encountered an old person who was just completely (insert whatever word here) rude, insensitive, perverted, and just downright unpleasant? Whenever they do get called out on this behavior, the answer is always the same: ‘I am old, I deserve to say what I want.”

The truth is, everyone should be able to speak their mind, regardless of age, and it can be accomplished without being quite so cranky. If it is good for the old goose, it should be good for the young goose, too!

Keep reading for more examples of unjust double standards, and double standard quotes about everything from politics to profound life experiences!

Don’t forget to also check out these judgmental quotes with deep meanings.

Double standard quotes about men and women

1. “We have a double standard, which is to say, a man can show how much he cares by being violent see, he’s jealous, he cares a woman shows how much she cares by how much she’s willing to be hurt; by how much she will take; how much she will endure; how suicidal she’s prepared to be.” ― Andrea Dworkin

2. “The double standard of morality will survive in this world so long as the woman whose husband has been lured away is favored with the sympathetic tears of other women, and a man whose wife has made off is laughed at by other men.” ― H. L. Mencken

3. “I will not calm down! Women are allowed to get angrier than men about double standards.” ― Liz

4. “It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.” ― Mary Wollstonecraft

5. “I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.” ― Jane Austen

6. “Now look, all I’m trying to say is that there are lots of things that a man can do, and in society’s eyes it’s all hunky-dory. A woman does the same things—the same thing mind you—and she’s an outcast…All I’m saying is why let this deplorable system seep into our courts of law where women are supposed to be equal.” ― Katharine Hepburn

7. “All a woman has to do is to slip once and she’s a tramp. A man can kill, lie, cheat…” ― Joan Crawford

8. “When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch.” ― Bette Davis

9. “The women always get blamed. Have you noticed that? The wives are nags. The mistress is a bitch for betraying the sisterhood. And the men just fall through the cracks in between. We expect so little from our boys, don’t we, Grace?” ― Louise O’Neill, The Surface Breaks

10. “She was flabbergasted by the backward thinking of humankind. The damaging double standards that fueled gender disparity infuriated her.” ― Wiss Auguste, The Illusions of Hope

These double standard quotes will help you spot one a mile away

11. “Morality is what the queen expects from the hive, not from herself.” ― Marty Rubin

12. “It is forbidden to kill; therefore, all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” ― Voltaire

13. “Ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.” ― St. Matthew

14. “’Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, or carry smiles and sunshine in my face, / When discontent sits heavy at my heart.” ― Joseph Addison

15. “My mother told me, you don’t have to put anything in your mouth you don’t want to. Then she made me eat broccoli, which felt like double standards.” ― Sarah Millican

16. “We weep for a bird’s cry, but not for a fish’s blood. Blessed are those with a voice.” ― Mamoru Oshii

17. “I think it sucks that in our country [the USA] there is such a double standard education-wise. Which part of the city you live in, or something like that, determines if you’ll be successful, and that’s not fair.” ― Charles Barkley

Double standard quotes in politics and other professions

18. “When I kiss a girl for a part, people think it’s sexy. But if two guys kiss, suddenly there’s a backlash. It’s a double standard.” ― Olivia Wilde

19. “I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets of judgment.” ― Ai Weiwei

20. “There’s a double standard between writers and readers. Readers can be unfaithful to writers anytime they like, but writers must never ever be unfaithful to the readers.” ― Peter Schjeldahl

21. “We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people’s policies. Our demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no more effective than the guarantees of those practiced in our own country.” ― Hubert H. Humphrey

22. “A politician is a man who will double-cross that bridge when he comes to it.” ― Oscar Levant

23. ”It’s a double standard. They say these management guys are so valuable. They are not. This is typical corporate greed.” ― Bobby De Pace

24. “I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely to protect her public persona, so to speak, than an actor would be.” ― Mila Kunis

25. “There is a double-standard between men and women. My father was a major league baseball player, and I grew up thinking I could have the same attitude on the field that he did. When I did that in real life, people thought I was a total bi-atch.” ― Katie Uhlaender

26. “If I dare to tear up or shed a tear, then I’m criticized for that as well! It’s a horrible double standard, but quite frankly, I don’t have time enough to fight that battle and fight crime. I chose to fight crime and ignore the rest. I just keep going to the best I can.” ― Nancy Grace

27. “Michelle Pfeiffer hasn’t been finding a lot of work recently because she doesn’t like what a woman her age is offered. That’s a real double standard. You get Sean Connery, who gets older and older, still playing opposite young ladies, but it doesn’t work the other way around.” ― Denzel Washington

28. “Fox doesn’t treat me any differently, and that’s one thing I’m very lucky with – my network treats me like a woman, but they never make me feel like I don’t fit in or anything like that, which is great. But within the industry, yeah. It’s a double standard, but it’s something that you have to deal with or try to make better; turn into a positive.” ― Erin Andrews

29. “You hear things like, ‘People shouldn’t know about your life because you’re creating an illusion on-screen.’ But I don’t see other actresses going to great lengths to hide their heterosexuality. That’s an unfair double standard.” ― Elliott Page

30. “No one is talking about the man behind the ass. It was a lot of ‘Miley twerks on Robin Thicke,’ but never, ‘Robin Thicke grinds up on Miley.’ They’re only talking about the one that bent over. So, obviously, there’s a double standard.” ― Miley Cyrus

31. “I’m amazed at the adolescent nature of some of the religious fanatics in our government. And they’re full of double standards.” ― Dar Williams

Short, but profound, double standard quotes and sayings

32. “People can’t handle the truth unless you speak to them with a mirror.” ― Lakia Echols

33. “Single vision produces worse illusions than double vision or many-headed monsters.” ―

Donna J. Haraway

34. “Let’s not have a double standard. One standard will do just fine.” ― George Carlin

35. “All I can say is, if you cannot ride two horses, you have no right in the circus.” ― James Maxton

36. “Most people sell their souls and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.” ― Logan Pearsall Smith

37. “We live behind our faces, while they front for us.” ― Michael Korda

38. “Some people’s blameless lives are to blame for a good deal.” ― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

39. “Treat all as your own self. Do not have a double standard.” ― Sathya Sai Baba

40. “If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” ― Abraham Lincoln

Thought-provoking double standard quotes about life and relationships

41. “Leaders scan the future so it can be free of doubts and fear. They do so by not living a double standard life in the present.” ― Israelmore Ayivor

42. “I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.” ― Oscar Wilde

43. “We cannot negotiate with people who say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.” ― John F. Kennedy

44. “The moral world has no particular objection to vice, but an insuperable repugnance to hearing vice called by its proper name.” ― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

45. “We always blame the woman when a man falls in love, as though no man had the courage of his inclinations.” ― Samuel Taylor

46. “Apparently, when it’s two people, it’s quirky and funny, but when it’s a person doing the same stuff on her own, it’s rebellious and antisocial.” ― Katie Alender

47. “When I see you, I think “I wonder which face she sees when she looks into the mirror.”” ― C. JoyBell C.

48. “Many of us believe that wrongs aren’t wrong if it’s done by nice people like ourselves.” ― Unknown

49. “A man can define many things beautifully in his life, but his character is one beautiful thing that can define him instantly and completely.” ― Anuj Somany

50. “We have two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice and another which we practice but seldom preach.” ― Bertrand Russell

What did you learn from these double standard quotes?

There are examples of double standards between people of color and white people around us, multiple times a day. I will use the latest I just heard of where a black realtor and his black client were arrested during a house showing.

Why does this keep happening, and when will the double standard stop? I don’t have the answer, but the world is watching and the majority of us are disgusted that this is where we are as humans. If you live with the fear of racial double standards like this every day, just know that you are not alone, and I hope the end of this era is near.

How many more wealthy people of privilege get to get away with stuff the rest of us do not? I paid thousands of dollars in taxes as a family of four with two children, while some who makes much more (like supposedly a billion dollars more) pays several hundred dollars? How is that right? Or a celebrity gets a slap on the wrist for a crime that someone else would have done jail time for? Sadly, this economic double standard is insidious and even affects health care and food choices.

How do we end these double standards? Well, on a small scale whenever you encounter a double standard you should always opt for open and honest communication.

Also, don’t be afraid to ask the person applying the double standard to explain why they think that behavior is acceptable. Ask them how they would feel if someone else applied similar double standards toward them. Maybe if enough of us do that, it will work on a bigger scale too…

What’s your biggest takeaway from these double standard quotes and sayings? If you have a personal example of a double standard you would like to share, you can use the comment section below!

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