Oh, the beautiful and acclaimed double standard. Glorious, isn’t it?
So it’s not the most fun. But do we need it?
Here we go ladies and gents. These are the five biggest double-standards in a brother-sister relationship!
1. Knowing where you are.
There’s a GPS chip implanted into your brain, but when it comes to where your brother is…
Yes, this one sucks big time. Your brother can be M.I.A for two weeks, but you’re gone for two minutes and the entire town is having a search party lead by your mom featuring a long pitchfork.
2. Dating
After your brother brings home three different girls that week, you expected your parents to ask him about it. Nope. They don’t even tell him to keep the basement door open. When you bring home your date, your father magically appears at the front door, home from work early.
3. Drinking
This applies more as you get older. At dinner parties you're forced to attend, your brother is allowed alcohol and you’re not because it’s unladylike. Uh, what?
4. Cooking
Your family expects you to be a somewhat decent cook even though you have absolutely no skill. At all.
Still, your brother can only put Ramon noodles in the microwave and no one's calling him out for it.
5. Dressing
Your brother can get away with a t-shirt and jeans when you’re going out to a restaurant, but when it comes to you, your hair, nails, and face must be on point. Seriously Mom? Don’t you already think I’m perfect? Stop talking about my slacking eyebrow game.
The double standard seems really stupid. I mean, my mother called the cops—THE COPS—one time because she came home from work and I wasn’t there. I was at our neighbors house working on a history project and came back to see the cop car in the driveway. Like… why mom?
An hour without me and she calls 911, but my brother doesn’t come home for the night, no one knows where he is, and she doesn’t even bother to send him a text.
On numerous occasions I have pointed the unfair rules out to my parents, who shrug it off. They would never admit, “It’s because you’re a girl,” but it is very obvious.
In all reality, the double standards suck. Boys are expected to take care of themselves, girls are protected, yada, yada, yada. All we know is that our brothers can stay out as late as they want and we’re home by eleven.
But as annoyingly frustrating as it is, at the end of the day your family just loves you and has your best interests at heart. So no matter what time your brother comes home, realize your parents' concern is something you can’t blame them for.
Spread the brother-sister love.
