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If it's abuse when a man hits a woman, it's still abuse when a woman's doing the hitting.''|[http://community.livejournal.com/fanficrants/3496750.html Double Standards: Don't You Just Love 'Em?]}}
 
{{quote|''I remember an artistic and eager lady asking me in her grand green drawing-room whether I believed in comradeship between the sexes, and why not. I was driven back on offering the obvious and sincere answer "Because if I were to treat you for two minutes like a comrade you would turn me out of the house."''|''What's Wrong With The World'' by [[GKG. K. Chesterton]]}}
 
{{quote|'''Amanda''': 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 thing--the same, mind you--and she's an outcast.<br />
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'''Amanda''': We don't want advantages! And we don't want prejudices!|''[[Adams Rib|Adam's Rib]]''}}
 
{{quote|''True feminism means objectifying the other gender. Double standards, they're the best kind of empowerment!''|'''[[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]]''', deep in [[Sarcasm Mode]].}}
 
{{quote|''I've made some notes, and it all boils down to "Mock a man, noone cares. Mock a woman, you're [[Straw Feminist|a sexist swine]].''|'''Anonymous'''}}
 
{{quote|''That is a double standard! And not the good kind that benefits men.''|'''[[Stephen Colbert]]''', ''[[The Colbert Report (TV)|The Colbert Report]]''}}
 
{{quote|''The main difference between [[Star Trek (Franchise)|Trekkies]] and [[The Beautiful Game|Manchester United]] fans is that Trekkies never [[Football Hooligans|trashed a train carriage]]. [[Acceptable Hobby Targets|So why are the trekkies the social outcasts?]]''|'''[[Terry Pratchett (Creator)|Terry Pratchett]]'''}}
 
{{quote|''If these ([[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]'s [[Periphery Demographic]]) were 40 year old men screaming for 17 year old girls, they'd be on [[Paedo Hunt|To Catch A Predator]] so fast it would make your head spin.''|'''Anonymous'''}}
 
{{quote|''Obviously if you're watching a scene with a woman tied to a bed while a man forces sex on her, the final act of that movie will involve said man getting shot in the face by [[Bruce Willis (Creator)]]. If, on the other hand, [[Double Standard Rape (Female Onon Male)|it's a man being tied down and forced into sex by a pretty lady, well, you're watching a wacky romantic comedy]].''|[[Cracked (Website).com|Cracked]], [http://www.cracked.com/article_18756_6-romantic-movie-gestures-that-can-get-you-prison-time.html 6 Romantic Movie Gestures That Can Get You Prison Time]}}
 
{{quote|''You just KNOW that if [[Justin Bieber (Music)|Justin Bieber]] or [[Lady Gaga (Music)|Lady Gaga]] were unknown artists, you'd be flamed for NOT liking them, not flamed FOR liking them,''|'''Anonymous'''}}
 
{{quote|''"Sexism exists in advertising, whether it's [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|showing a lady's curves on some fat dude for a beer commercial]], or someone's trying to sell you a toaster because [[Parenting the Husband|your husband's pretty much retarded]]. See, there ya go; sexism in advertising. It's so commonplace I don't really think it matters."''|'''Philip DeFranco''', on Dr. Pepper Ten's [http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/10/dr-pepper-ten-its-not-for-women-macho-marketing-campaign-says "It's Not for Women"] slogan.}}
 
{{quote|''"Notice all the melon jokes, the bald jokes? I make '''one''' nose joke, it's OOOOOOOOHH!"''|'''Colin Mochrie''', after being booed for making a joke about Ryan Stiles' nose, even though he himself gets skewered for being bald and/or Canadian all the time, ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' (American edition)}}
 
{{quote|'''Bobby:''' I just wanted to say you don't have to worry about me, 'cause I'm never gonna have sex.<br />
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