College Essay On Double Standards

Double standards against females occurs everywhere, in schools, work, relationships, and everyday life. females are viewed as sex-symbols, but are seen as a whore or slut if they choose to express themselves in a certain way. Which is not ok, advertising companies use slim and fit females to sale products, the consumer can even sometimes remember the product, but can recall that there was a female in a bikini, this has been going on since the 1980’s.
Females are catcalled, exploited, raped, sexually harassed, seen as toys, not taken seriously, and put into a ‘box’ of stereotypes. Younger females in school aren’t allowed to express themselves in certain ways “because it’ll cause/be a distraction for boys,” but boys should be able to control themselves and females should not have to be the ones held to a standard. Males are allowed to walk around with no shirt on but if a female were to show a nipple it’s considered explicit and needed to be blurred.
There is also a major issue in the modeling industry for females. Females in this industry are more often put into skimpy outfits or in bikinis while males are almost always fully clothed. This also occurs in commercials for children's toys, when companies are trying to sell a product to females it use, ‘beautiful’ caramel to light …show more content…
How ever you raise your child, or however you tell them how they’re suppose to be can cause them to act a certain way or become the stereotype. Not all men at this way but a majority does and in the 21st century it seeming to become common to act out and not be a gentlemen or nice person. With the internet and its negativity, it’s too common to see rape stories, or stories about men doing something that would not benefit women, something that is or will do the complete and otterly opposite.The solution to this issue is to not allow people to make others seem lower and