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A '''double standard''' is the application of different sets of [[principle]]s for situations that are, in principle, the same.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Definition of double standard |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/double-standard|access-date=2020-07-27|website=dictionary.com|language=en}}</ref> It is often used to describe treatment whereby one group is given more latitude than another.<ref>{{cite web |last1=(no author) |title=double standard |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/double-standard |website=collinsdictionary.com |publisher=[[HarperCollins Publishers]] |access-date=3 March 2019 |format=Web article}}</ref> A double standard arises when two or more people, groups, organizations, circumstances, or events are treated differently even though they should be treated the same way.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/double-standard|title=double standard Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|language=en|access-date=9 June 2018}}</ref> A double standard "implies that two things which are the same are measured by different standards".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eichler |first1=Margaret |location=London, U.K.|title=The Double Standard: A Feminist Critique of Feminist Social Science |date=1980 |publisher=[[Croom Helm]] |isbn=978-0-85664-536-5 |page=15 |language=en |type=Print}}</ref>

Applying different principles to similar situations may or may not indicate a double standard. To distinguish between the application of a double standard and a valid application of different standards toward circumstances that only ''appear'' to be the same, several factors must be examined. One is the [[sameness]] of those circumstances – what are the parallels between those circumstances, and in what ways do they differ? Another is the [[philosophy]] or [[belief system]] informing which principles should be applied to those circumstances. Different standards can be applied to situations that appear similar based on a qualifying [[truth]] or [[fact]] that, upon closer examination, renders those situations distinct (a [[Physical world|physical]] reality or [[moral]] obligation, for example). However, if similar-looking situations have been treated according to different principles and there is no truth, fact or [[principle]] that distinguishes those situations, then a double standard has been applied.

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===Politics===

A double standard arises in [[politics]] when the treatment of the same political matters between two or more parties (such as the response to a public crisis or the allocation of funding) is handled differently.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Double Standards? |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/9588/chapter-abstract/156620309?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=academic.oup.com}}</ref> This could occur because of the nature of political relationships between those tasked with these matters, the degree of reward or power that stands to be gained/lost, or the personal biases/[[prejudice]]s of politicians.{{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}

Double standard policies can include situations when a country's or commentator's assessment of the same phenomenon, process or event in [[international relations]] depends on their relationship with or attitude to the parties involved.<ref>{{citationCite journal |last=Ibrahimi |first=Ibrahim needed|date=March1987 2016|editor-last=Chomsky |editor-first=Noam |title=Double-Standards in International Politics |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2536668 |journal=Journal of Palestine Studies |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=168–170 |doi=10.2307/2536668 |jstor=2536668 |issn=0377-919X}}</ref> In ''[[Harry's Game]]'' (1975), [[Gerald Seymour]] wrote: "One man's [[terrorist]] is another man's [[freedom fighter]]".<ref>{{Citation|last=Farooqi|first=Anis|title=Gujral, Satish|year=2003|work=Oxford Art Online|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t035630|isbn=9781884446054 }}</ref>

=== Ethnicity ===

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* [[Double bind]]

* [[Doublethink]]

* [[Golden ruleRule]]/[[ethic of reciprocity]]

* [[Honne and tatemae]]

* [[Hypocrisy]]