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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)
Classified under:
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)