double standard of sexual behavior

1. 1.

   a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)

   Broaderdouble standard

Questions about double standard of sexual behavior

What does double standard of sexual behavior mean?

double standard of sexual behavior means "a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)".

Is double standard of sexual behavior a common word?

double standard of sexual behavior is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.