But the pervading double standard used against women is part of mysogyny. And it's so disturbingly institutionalised that people don't even recognise it anymore. Like, to take it away from Snape and Lily, the old chestnut about how men who sleep around are studs but women who sleep around are sluts--a double standard and different perceptions of the same behaviour, used against women.
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Date: 2009-11-30 04:47 pm (UTC)