Gender and Double Standards

Where it surfaces

• II

  The discussion about Lida's potential acting career exposes the double standard that condemns women for displaying their beauty while men freely admire and consume it.

• V

  Sina's trust in Yourii and her statement that she would drown herself if betrayed highlight the vulnerability and moral expectations placed on women in romantic encounters.

• VI

  Lida's jealousy of Sina's praise highlights the competitive dynamics and double standards faced by women in seeking validation.

• VII

  Lida bitterly reflects on the double standard that demands women sacrifice their best powers for men's gratification while being despised for it, questioning why men have this right and she does not.

• XIII

  Yourii's jealousy and moral condemnation of Sanine's interaction with the young woman, while he himself is tempted by Riasantzeff's suggestion, reveal double standards.

• XIV

  Yourii explicitly discusses the injustice of women being judged for chastity while men are celebrated for seduction, and Lialia's distress underscores the personal impact.

• XV

  Lialia's anguish over Riasantzeff's infidelity and her eventual reconciliation highlight the double standards in romantic relationships, where women are expected to forgive and men's transgressions are minimized.

• XVI

  Sarudine's casual objectification of Lida and the officers' dismissive talk about women highlight the era's double standards.

• XVII

  Lida's despair and Sarudine's callous relief highlight the unequal consequences of their affair, with Lida bearing the shame and threat of ruin.

• XVIII

  Lida's pregnancy is discussed in a tone of shame and unfitness, highlighting the double standard for women's sexuality.

• XIX

  Sanine critiques the societal double standard that condemns Lida for her sexual relationship while excusing Sarudine, arguing that her body and soul remain untainted.

• XX

  The chapter highlights the unequal moral expectations placed on women versus men, with Sanine criticizing Novikoff's possessive jealousy and the notion that a woman's worth is tied to her sexual purity.

• XXIII

  Lida feels degraded and ashamed after her seduction, while her brother Sanine faces no such stigma. Novikoff's 'sacrifice' in marrying her underscores the double standard.

• Chapter XXVII

  The men's lewd discussion and their treatment of Lida as an object for sale exemplify the double standard that allows men to boast of conquests while women are shamed and degraded.

• Chapter XXVIII

  Maria Ivanovna's horror at Lida's affair contrasts with her own past, highlighting the hypocrisy and double standards applied to women's sexual behavior.

• XL

  Sina's overwhelming shame and need to lie contrast with Sanine's lack of remorse, highlighting the unequal moral burden placed on women.

• XLII

  Sina Karsavina's overwhelming shame and sense of depravity after her affair with Sanine, contrasted with Sanine's lack of remorse, illustrates the double standard applied to women's sexuality.