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Double standards

What’s good for the goose is rarely, if ever, good for the gander, writes MATILDA NZIOKI

Gender double standards have been the focus of considerable research since the last century. It has been defined as a situation where one thing is tolerable for one group but deplorable for another. The Merrriam Webster dictionary describes double standards as the unjust application of different sets of principles for similar situations. Let us look at some of today’s common examples.

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