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These Are 25 Of The Most Irritating Double Standards

6.

If I want to resign, I’m expected to give two weeks notice. If I get laid off, it’s effective immediately, no notice whatsoever.

7.

It’s not gender specific, but it’s common to see on dating profiles that the person requires that their partner be fit, athletic, slim, etc, while said person themselves look like the Michelin man. You should not demand your partner kill themselves at the gym on the daily while you get to be a blob.

8.

Abuse in a relationship. A couple weeks ago my now ex punched me in the face at a crowded bar and it was just a spectacle. If I (male) had been the one throwing punches, it would have been a different story. People can be awful at times.

9.

When you are applying to jobs you have to jump through so many weird and invisible hoops, be timely/professional/always polite and never negative. It’s like being a human chameleon for whatever job you happen to be applying for. But then the people hiring are disrespectful to your time and energy and it’s no problem (no responding to emails after they contact you to set up an interview, telling you they’ll let you know in a week and then never letting you know, etc.) You just have to put up with it or risk automatically not being hired.

10.

In your 20’s, you’re an adult to kids, but a kid to adults.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.