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Comment by darxius | Hacker News Reader

The fact that other double standards exist in other parts of the internet isn't what I was debating. I won't argue with you that there is an inherit double standard among both sexes, but seeing as this thread is about the website in question -- that's the one I was addressing.

Also, in no way should double standards and sexism lead to more double standards and sexism.

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If you had simply decried the site's 'sexism' i would not have taken issue with your post. What you'd said was that it was an 'insane double standard'.

The definition of a double-standard is 'the application of different sets of principles for similar situations, or two different people in the same situation'.

Your use of the term 'insane double standard' (not to mention the other comments here using similar language) therefore suggests that the existence of one single Web site dedicated to women objectifying men is a 'similar situation' to living every single day in a culture where only the OPPOSITE is actually a real problem.

And as much as i can identify with the distaste over this Web site, i find that that implication is laughable and the emotional outrage over it is therefore severely misplaced.

You've managed to say what I was thinking.

I understand why people dislike websites like this, or the Diet Coke ads (men stripping their shirts off while women ogle) and I'd join in the criticism. But the ranting sometimes feels so overblown.

I guess I've misused the term then, I apologize. Instead, I should have said that the website is sexist, immature and a waste of bytes.

Thanks for correcting me.

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