DOUBLE STANDARD OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

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 I. (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)

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