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The Double Standard for Men and Women Female Beauty over Time While the double standard between men and women still exists today, the focus on and obsession with female beauty may have begun in a much earlier time. The Focus on Female Beauty from Early Times Although many people today may feel that society’s culture has now set a double standard between men and women more than ever, history shows that a double standard regarding beauty may have been around since much earlier times. According to the online dictionary , part of the definition of a double standard may be defined as “an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women.” Just as the controversial questions on feminine beauty are posed today, so too have the standards of the ideal female been used to oppress women in a male-dominant society led to great debate. From early times, women have been seen to play a matriarchal role in the domestic spheres. They were expected to be maternal figures, high in ...