A double standard is an instance in which certain applications (often of a word or phrase) are perceived as acceptable to be used by one group of people, but are (unjustifiably) considered unacceptable—taboo—when used by another group. Often, for example, it is seen as socially acceptable for a member of a cultural group to jokingly call members of the same group by an ethnically derogatory name; however, anyone outside this ethnic group is viewed as intolerant or discriminatory when he/she calls a member of the group by that same derogatory name.

A double standard, thus, can be described as a sort of biased, morally unfair suspension (toward a certain group) of the principle that all are equal in their freedoms. Such double standards are seen as unjustified because they violate a basic maxim of modern legal jurisprudence: that all parties should stand equal before the law. Double standards also violate the principle of justice known as impartiality, which is based on the assumption that the same standards should be applied to all people, without regard to subjective bias or favoritism based on social class, rank, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation or other distinction. A double standard violates this principle by holding different people accountable according to different standards. The proverb "life is not fair" is often invoked in order to mollify concerns over double standards.

There is a distinction to be made between double standards and hypocrisy, which implies the stated or presumed acceptance of a single standard a person claims to hold himself or herself accountable to, but which, in practice, may be disregarded.

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
1. Open your library (iTunes, Media Player, Zen etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. For every question, type the song that's playing
4. When you go to a new question, press the next button
5. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool... cause if you’re doing this chances are you’re not!!!

Opening Credits: Distractions (Speak Louder Than Words) - Steer Clear
Waking Up: One Of My Lies - Green Day
First Day At School: Brain Stew - Green Day
Falling In Love: Duality - Slipknot
Losing Virginity: Run Baby Run - Sheryl Crow
Fight Song: What Shall We Die For - Hans Zimmer (Pirates 3)
Breaking Up: Poprocks and Coke - Greenday
Prom:Summer Nights - Grease
Life: Let Me Go - Good Charlotte
Mental Breakdown: Broken Home - Papa Roach
Flashback: Be With You - Enrique
Getting Back Together: Missing - Evanesence
Wedding: How Does It Feel - Westlife
Birth of Child: Hearts Burst Into Fire - Bullet For My Valentine
Final Battle: Day That i Die - Good Charlotte
Death Scene: Desert Song - My Chemical Romance
Funeral Song: Paint It Black - The Roling Stones
End Credits: Happy Someday - Plain White T's

Once upon a time...
Anthony went on a business trip to Mancester on Monday 19th of November.
He rang me at 6.30 pm to tell her what he did that day and to tell me he was going for his 3 course dinner. Later that evening he text me, it was about 11.30pm. to let me no he was still alive!
The text read..."...Have only paid for 1 drink...had loads..." and that he'd ring me later if he was..."sober enough".
This afternoon at 12.30pm Anthony rang me again to say that he was hung over...Why?? Because he got totally trashed and then threw his guts up before passing out!!
The story of Anthony and his first business trip!!
The End!!