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I still see the double standard as an effect of an emotional response, or a response rooted in an emotional reaction, more than a reasonable response, or a response based on dispassionate reasoning. One of the drawbacks to having a jury of one's peers, or even to having a court system inhabited and run by people, is that we're not always rational beings. It's a shame people can't just be conscious of their decisions and allow their emotional reactions to be filtered by their reason.
As an aside, it's good to know that my psych classes finally paid off.
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