Nature’s Cruelest Double Standard

Posted By: Kelly

This is a post about nature’s cruelest double standard- that women have to be the bearers of morality when it comes to sex. They are the ones who aren’t supposed to have dirty thoughts while it’s not only accepted in men, but to be expected. Girls are “whores” and “sluts” while guys are “players”. Why? Because girls are supposed to be the responsible ones who can exercise self-restraint and temptation. This isn’t unfounded- it’s unfair but it makes sense. That’s just the way we are; it’s our genetic make-up. Guys brag about their sexual escapades like they are telling about the number of free throws they made while girls hide them in shame, along with the STDs. This is explained perfectly by the Rule of Three which is described in American Pie 2:

Kevin: "Hey, Vicky only slept with one guy since we went out. I mean, that like makes me 50% of her entire guy related life."
Stifler: "You *******. She didn't sleep with one guy. She slept with at least three."
Kevin: "What?"
Stifler: "When a girl tells you how many guys she slept with, multiply it by three and that's the real number. Didn't you ******* learn anything at college?"

New scene:
Jessica: "Look, he did not sleep with three girls, okay. Much like Sly and the Family Stone aren't gonna dance on in here and gang bang me between the Afros and the bell bottoms, okay. It's not gonna happen. Kevin Meyers did not sleep with three girls at Michigan."
Vicky Lathum: "But why would he lie to me?"
Jessica: "It's not a lie. It's an adjustment. Alright, it's the rule of three."
Vicky: "The rule of what?"
Jessica: "Three."
Vicky: "A guy tells you how many girls he's hooked up with, it's not even close to that. You take that number and divide it by three. Then you get the real total. So if Kevin's saying it's been three girls, it's more like one, or none."
Jessica: "None?"
Vicky: "Rule of three. It's an exact science, consistent as gravity."


If there is a video out there that describes the sad, sad nature of this societal fact, it is collegehumor’s The March of Shame (sorry, embedding was disabled):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MM3KkF5urY&feature=fvst

But still, there are women out there who fight the current and argue that women shouldn’t have to be the holy, righteous ones. They admit that they have dirty thoughts and don’t think sex is anything for them to be ashamed of. An example is Denise, from the movie P.S. I Love You:

Denise Hennessey: [Denise is admiring Ted as he walks by] Ooohhh, he's delicious isn't he? I'd serve coffee on that ass.
John McCarthy: Do you have to be so vulgar about men? Like they're pieces of meat?
Denise Hennessey: I'm sorry, John. I forgot you're sensitive about your flat ass.
John McCarthy: You know, Denise, that's why you're not married. Women act like men. Then they complain men don't want them.
Denise Hennessey: Oh, is that why? 'Cause I thought it was something different. I thought that it was 'cause I deserved the best and he's out there. He's just with all the wrong women. And let me be clear. After CENTURIES of men looking at my tits instead of my eyes and pinching my ass instead of shaking my hand, I now have the *DIVINE* right to stare at a man's BACKSIDE with vulgar, cheap appreciation if I want to!

Essentially Denise is saying, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.