DOUBLE STANDARD OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double standard of sexual behavior mean? 

• DOUBLE STANDARD OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR (noun)
  The noun DOUBLE STANDARD OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR has 1 sense:

1. a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE STANDARD OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE STANDARD OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)

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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("double standard of sexual behavior" is a kind of...):

double standard (an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another)