The study did not detect men judging women’s sexual history more harshly than women judge men’s, across diverse countries. While local norms vary, the aggregate pattern undercuts a blanket claim of a universal double standard.
— This pushes against a dominant trope in online and academic debates, suggesting gender‑norm claims need country‑level evidence rather than assumptions.
Steve Stewart-Williams
2025.08.16
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Authors explicitly report 'we didn’t detect it in our data' regarding a sexual double standard in their cross‑cultural sample.
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