Post by -TsuUlti- on Aug 24, 2009 0:46:04 GMT -5
edit: Edit'd cuz it was more so about one experience then double standards in general, sorry for all the moving, I'm new to this.
So, I was at the hair salon getting my hair done with nothing to do but read women's magazines. I started to read an article about infidelity where readers voted on stories to decide whether or not what the people in the stories did counted as cheating. In one story, a woman talked about getting drunk at a bar and making out with another woman. In another one, a man talked about getting a blowjob from a man friend while he was drunk. Readers voted: the man cheated. The woman didn't.
Now this might not technically be a double standard, but the point is, what do you think? I know a lot of women try out kissing women at least once in their life, but is having a make out session really that much more acceptable then getting a blowjob? When your in a relationship with somebody else I mean. Shouldn't both count as cheating? I know a lot of people are probably going to talk about how BJs are more sexual than make out sessions, but still.
Thoughts?
So, I was at the hair salon getting my hair done with nothing to do but read women's magazines. I started to read an article about infidelity where readers voted on stories to decide whether or not what the people in the stories did counted as cheating. In one story, a woman talked about getting drunk at a bar and making out with another woman. In another one, a man talked about getting a blowjob from a man friend while he was drunk. Readers voted: the man cheated. The woman didn't.
Now this might not technically be a double standard, but the point is, what do you think? I know a lot of women try out kissing women at least once in their life, but is having a make out session really that much more acceptable then getting a blowjob? When your in a relationship with somebody else I mean. Shouldn't both count as cheating? I know a lot of people are probably going to talk about how BJs are more sexual than make out sessions, but still.
Thoughts?
