Double Standard

            All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociology when I was talking to my friend at lunch. She was talking about how her crush randomly stopped talking to her. Since I am in one of his classes, she asked me to approach him during our class. When the hour came, I calmly went up to him and asked him why he was mad at my friend. Seeing as how my friend and her crush had recently kissed at a party, I was not prepared for his response. He said that she took advantage of him and that he doesn’t like her. I was so confused. Why would he be saying that if he had kissed her that night? He not only kissed that night, but also many other numerous times. I later found out why he was so outraged by their kiss. He found out about the other guys that my friend had kissed, and he didn’t want anyone’s “sloppy seconds.”

            I really don’t understand the social norm that when a guy hooks up with numerous people, he’s known as a player, but when a girl acts in the same way, she is seen as a slut. My friend is single and has every right to kiss whomever she pleases, and she shouldn’t get people saying that she has “been around.” The double standard is so unfair and it makes it difficult for girls to be single, date, and have fun. This is America, and if boys can go around and hook up with as many people as they want, girls should be able to do the same.