In a society that prides itself on progress, women are still navigating a minefield of outdated expectations, sexist assumptions, and daily contradictions. Whether it’s in the home, at work, or in the way we’re expected to age, the gap between how women and men are treated remains wide.

We reached out to real women to find out which double standards they’re sick of facing in 2025. These aren’t just complaints- they’re a call for change.

Here are 10 double standards women are tired of experiencing:

“My son’s dad doesn’t see him for weeks at a time, he doesn’t even call to check in with him. If I did this it would be child neglect.”

2. “If I spend all day doing housework that is perceived as a minimum expectation of me but if a man spends a few hours doing housework it’s ‘exceptional’ and he must be so tired!”

3. “That a dad doesn’t get thought that badly of for walking away from kids etc… whereas if a woman did it…”

4. “That men can go shirtless and women can’t due to the fact that we’re oversexualised”

5. “Cheating. Men think it’s okay for them to have multiple partners but expect a woman to be faithful to a cheating man.”

6. “Men can sleep around with as many women as he wants and get praised for it yet if a woman does that, they get called ‘unclean’.”

7. “Pro Lifers don’t see ejaculation outside of a body as ending life (even though it has the potential to be life) but see birth control as ending life”

8. “Whenever I get tips at work my co-workers say that ‘it’s because of my breasts’ or because I’m ‘young and pretty’, never because I’m a nice person and the customers liked me. But when they [customers] harass me or call me a bitch, it’s just what they do and they don’t discriminate based on gender.”

9. “Grey hair- society says men age gracefully like fine wine but women age like sour milk. We need to normalise grey hair on women”

10. “EVERYTHING!”