When will the double standards end?

Why does it hurt the most when we're chided for doing shit, but the next person who did the exact same thing (sometimes even worse) gets away with it?

Almost always inevitably, we have a tendency to set ourselves a mental benchmark using the person whom we consider to be worse than ourselves. That you know you shouldn't stoop to that level. Having this mindset in place, we often feel that it's fucking unfair when people are biased. You get accused for being a total bitch, receive snide remarks and harsh criticism for shit you did, while someone else does the very same shit and gets off scot-free.

It  is undeniably human nature to be biased. Someone higher up the hierarchy would more likely get away with murder than the average joe, pretty much indefinitely. Individuals at the top of the food chain often possess a higher level of charisma, and also more influential. These traits probably helped in propelling them to their current position in the first place.

We live in a time where same-sex and mixed-race love has become much more widely accepted, but the sexism is sadly still extant. It is still socially acceptable, even considered the norm, for women to be criticised more harshly than men in terms of sexuality. A man has lots of casual sex and he's a stud; a woman does the same and she's a slut.

The worst part is in all this is that the people you think are the closest to you, are the ones who criticise you the most. That's when it takes a toll on your self-esteem. That you feel like you're really the worst person in the entire world. That's why maybe no one really seems like to you all that much.

And that's when it pushes you further into the downward spiral of depression.