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** In 2008, there was a mother, Lenore Skenazy, who let her son take the subway home. Alone, albeit with a transit pass, a map of the transit system and more than $20 in case of an emergency. (She lived in New York) Naturally, the reaction was ether "NO! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" or "Good for you!"

*** Taking the train alone might be a rite of passage for a kid in New York, Chicago, or London, whereas in [[Hong Kong]] or Tokyo, it's just another day.

* Celebrities and athletes in the media limelight tend to fall for this trope in the midst of a scandal or arrested for a crime. The public reaction seriously differs from case to case, even when two scandals/crimes are somewhat similar. Case in point: [[Chris Brown]] and [[Charlie Sheen]]. Both men are known for beating at least one woman, yet in Sheen's case, he's not nearly as ridiculed (though the lack of any leaked photos may have something to do with that). In a stranger case, Michael Vick and Dante Stallworth. Vick's been publicly vilified with his involvement on dog-fighting since day one. Two years later, Stallworth settles out of court for running over a man to death when Stallworth was intoxicated with marijuana. Yet Stallworth didn't face near the criticism that Vick did. And there's more from where that came from. In fact, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105000757/http://www.cracked.com/article/96_7-beloved-celebrities-awful-shit-you-forgot-they-did/ Cracked] had an article specifically addressing this conundrum.

* Celebrities and athletes in the media limelight tend to fall for this trope in the midst of a scandal or arrested for a crime. The public reaction seriously differs from case to case, even when two scandals/crimes are somewhat similar.

** Case in point: [[Chris Brown]] and [[Charlie Sheen]]. Both men are known for beating at least one woman, yet in Sheen's case, he's not nearly as ridiculed (though the lack of any leaked photos may have something to do with that).

** In a stranger case, Michael Vick{{who}} and Dante Stallworth.{{who}} Vick's been publicly vilified with his involvement on dog-fighting since day one. Two years later, Stallworth settles out of court for running over a man to death when Stallworth was intoxicated with marijuana. Yet Stallworth didn't face near the criticism that Vick did. And there's more from where that came from. In fact, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105000757/http://www.cracked.com/article/96_7-beloved-celebrities-awful-shit-you-forgot-they-did/ Cracked] had an article specifically addressing this conundrum.

* ''The Carousel of Progress'' at [[Disney Theme Parks]]. Since a lot of its script was written in [[The Sixties]], there's a lot of talk about how new technology helps ease the women's burden of housework. It never occurs to the husband that the burden could be eased more if they'd step in.

** Even in the sixties, such things would have been regarded as increasingly antiquated. The current script treats those comments—which only occur in the scenes from the 1900s, 20s, and 40s anyway—as conscious anachronisms.