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There are ways to contribute to this article to enhance its usefulness without engaging in contentious battles. For example, you could discuss the history of the term. The earliest known usage, according to Google Books is 1950. https://books.google.com/books?id=451GAQAAIAAJ&q=%22you+were+applying+double+standards+to+the+people+who+worked+for+you%22&dq=%22you+were+applying+double+standards+to+the+people+who+worked+for+you%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcw7jrma_SAhUDLSYKHZXsAJcQ6AEIHDAA

You could also give textbook examples as to what the term is used for. Without taking sides on the issue, you might point out that one of the earliest examples was the idea that women should be chaste and loyal to her significant other, while men were generally considered as "needing" regular sex; therefore, they had the right to seek sex elsewhere if their partners weren't providing it. This double-standard still exists today. Men who sleep around are lauded and considered "studs," while women who sleep around are stigmatized as sluts. 65.33.138.115 (talk) 02:17, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Notability

Yes, the term is widely used, but is it really notable in terms of significant coverage? How is this different from "thank you" or "you're welcome"? Niteshift36 (talk) 20:56, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Because long articles have been written about double standards in various places (ex, from google: a whole study about the application of a double standard in a specific situation [1]), and it is an important argumentative concept (in the same way that, for example, Circular reasoning is also a rather well known term and is notable because of its usage and it being an important concept). Here, you are making a False analogy, since the only element shared between the words is that they are widely used - but one is also an academic term which has an importance outside of its mere meaning. The term also appears in reliable sources used for other articles about argumentative concepts, ex.: [2] (scroll down the page) 135.23.202.24 (talk) 17:14, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Double standards are a socio-economic phenomenon.

Double standards can be justified

I tell my students not to rely on stuff they find on the internet, but base their work and studies on scholarly sources and respected textbooks. And yet I regularly take a peep if I need to quickly remind myself of something and do not have "the book" at hand. The justification is that I can quickly tell if the guy on the web knows what he is talking about, whereas students are attracted to incorrect simplistic explanations like a moth to a flame. 2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:78F0:D3C0:32C4:62C9 (talk) 12:26, 3 April 2019 (UTC)