History DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale / LiveActionTV

* Discussed in ''Series/TheJeremyKyleShow'' when a guest tells a story of his abusive girlfriend locking him up, forcing him to jump out a 3rd-story window, the audience laughs. Jeremy proceeds to call them out on their double standards.

* In an episode of ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'''s spin-off show ''Suite Life on Deck'', played for laughs when a prank gone wrong makes a girl mad at Zack. She beats him up on-screen while he pleads for her to stop.

%%* ''Series/YoureTheWorst'': Lindsay stabs Paul in the flank with no remorse, and cuckolds him before Paul finally puts his foot down and divorces her. Lindsay manages to land on her feet and eventually Paul decides to remarry her, despite Lindsay not going through any character development that would imply she would treat Paul any better the second time around. While the series doesn't discredit Paul's misery, it also doesn't treat Lindsay as anything more than a lovable rascal despite her harmful behaviour.

* For ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', Debra could practically be the embodiment - at least in the later seasons - with most times she attacks Ray [[PlayedForLaughs]].

* In ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' Debra attacks Ray played for humor.

* PlayedStraight in ''Series/Yellowstone''. Jamie is frequently physically and emotionally abused by his sister, Beth, and it is never called out. She even purposely pushes him towards suicide in the second season. She also calls him a coward for never hitting back, but when he ''does'' hit back once, she says that no real man would hit a woman. Their father, John, fully accepts this and only ever intervenes when ''Jamie'' defends himself... [[AbuseParents by kicking him off the ranch and threatening to kill him.]] Even when Beth's reason for hating Jamie is revealed, the fact that the show acts like she is ''entitled'' to abuse Jamie is a large point of criticism.

* The soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' has Yashvi "[[SarcasmMode hilariously]]" punch Ben in the groin because she was annoyed with him. Steph shouts in her stepson Boyd's face and punches amputee Paul for jilting her mother at the altar. When Rhys angrily raises his voice to Susan, Vanessa is appalled that he thinks it's alright to "talk to women like that."

* Subverted in an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' when Joey's new girlfriend hits him hard while trying to be playful. His friends laugh at him for being terrified of her. When Joey protests the hitting, she says "Oh, you're making fun of me! Stop making fun of me!" and hits him harder.

** Phoebe casually remarks "Are you kidding me? How many times has Piper blown up Leo?" Piper tries to blow him up out of anger for something he didn't do, but couldn't due to the magic disappearing. This is especially odd, as the first time she does it, it's a KickTheDog and a sign that she's turning into a Fury.

* ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''

** Phoebe casually remarks "Are you kidding me? How many times has Piper blown up Leo?" Piper tries to blow him up out of anger for something he didn't do, but couldn't due to the magic disappearing.

** Subverted with Geoff Metcalfe's coercive abuse of his wife Yaseen Nazir. At a point when Geoff's abuse appears to be escalating to violence, Yasmeen defends herself by breaking a wine bottle over his head before stabbing him in the neck with its broken remains. The police are called, cue Yasmeen's arrest and detainment, and Geoff warping what really happened to present Yas as a violent alcoholic. [[spoiler=Yasmeen's name was eventually cleared.]]

* In''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Lois [[GroinAttack kicks a man]] for removing her from the premises.

** A customer makes verbally and sexually assaults Peggy's waitress friend. Peggy threatens him with a fork against a vital artery to tip her friend generously and never return to the diner again. The friend is seen smiling about this and it's treated as a badass heroic moment.

* Subverted rather horrifically in the pilot episode of ''Series/TheRookie''. Rookie Officer John Nolan and his Training Officer, Talia Bishop, respond to a domestic disturbance call. They find a [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] couple. When Nolan talks to the guy, he hints that his wife is the abuser, but is vague enough that Nolan doesn’t bring it up to Bishop. Later that day, they get another call from the same address, and they find that the wife has brutally murdered the husband. Bishop calls Nolan out for not telling her about the guy hinting that his wife was abusive, and Nolan actually ends up going through a [[HeroicBSOD Heroic BSoD.]]
* Lampshaded in ''Series/TheJeremyKyleShow'' when a male guest [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4wQZUkibig tells a story]] of his abusive girlfriend locking him up, forcing him to jump out a 3rd-story window to get out while injuring himself, the audience laughs. Jeremy proceeds to call them out on their double standards, noting that if the genders were reversed, the same people would see the man as a monster.
* ZigZagged in Series/{{Victorious}}. While Jade's behavior towards Beck (being extremely jealous, controlling, and picking fights with him) is portrayed as unhealthy, it's still PlayedForLaughs in a way that it wouldn't if the genders were reversed. Eventually, Beck gets tired of this behavior and breaks up with Jade. This was portrayed as him standing up for himself. After they break up, Jade gets some character development and becomes less possessive of him, with the two getting back together. However, the episode after they get back together has Jade starting a fight with Beck over what to wear to a school dance. To make matters worse, he was in agreement with her. It seems that she might not have changed too much.
* Played straight in series 2 of ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'', with Lewis' relationship with Charlotte. Charlotte starts off seemingly pleasant and friendly enough, with some of Charlotte's hostility towards Cleo being the result of Cleo's [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy-fuelled coldness]] towards her, but by the time she gets mermaid powers, her behaviour has definitely become this as she works on alienating Lewis from the girls (despite him being the primary SecretKeeper for all four of them), taking up all his time and attention, [[GasLighting gaslighting]] him and, once he sees the light and breaks up with her, attempting to forcibly [[DePower depower]] the girls to convince him that [[EntitledToHaveYou she will be the only mermaid left and therefore the only one for him]]. [[note]] Completely ignoring the fact that Lewis liked Cleo way before she became a mermaid. [[/note]] [[NeverMyFault And all the while never considering that she might be the one at fault]].
* ''Series/YoureTheWorst'': Lindsay treats Paul ''terribly''. She guilts Paul into dumping a woman he has a better connection with, stabs him right in the flank with no remorse, and cuckolds him before Paul finally puts his foot down and divorces her. Lindsay manages to land on her feet and eventually Paul decides to remarry her, despite Lindsay not going through any character development that would imply she would treat Paul any better the second time around. While the series doesn't discredit Paul's misery, it also doesn't treat Lindsay as anything more than a lovable rascal despite her harmful behaviour.