History DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale / WebComics

* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': Kix's relationship with Kitsune is partially defined by her beating him when angered, albeit in AmusingInjuries ways with weapons and comedic face-flattenings. Kitsune sees it as fair to fix the power imbalance inherent in DivineDate, but it would likely be treated differently by the narrative if it were, say, a male partner with Spirit Dragon.

** Possibly justified on account of the whole "slavery" thing. Eric's brother isn't tugging on the hair of a girl, but on the hair of a slave who legally cannot retaliate. Flora ripping his shirt is Flora ripping the shirt of someone who makes a living buying and selling her people as property.

* In ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'', [[TheChick Flora]] ripping through [[ChivalrousPervert Eric's]] shirt and leaving bloody gashes on his chest is played for laughs. Eric's brother pulling his slave [[MsFanservice Katharine's]] hair makes him a dickhead.

* Defied by ''Webcomic/CursedPrincessClub'''s titular group. When looking for new members, Prez always makes sure to keep the safety of both the female and the male members in mind. Shown when she immediately rescinds her invitation to another cursed princess in a flashback after said princess turns out to be a raging misandrist and demands Curtis to grovel before her to "apologize" for being a man.

* ''Webcomic/SanThreeKingdomsComic'': Taken UpToEleven. It's a regular occurrence for people to die simply because they pissed their wife off (though death is much less permanent when this happens).

* Subverted in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' when The [=VespAvenger=] - a woman who drives around on a Vespa scooter, attacking boys who are awful to their girlfriends - is stopped by Marten and Faye. They try to point out the double standard by asking her if she'd be horrified by the thought of a man riding around on a Harley beating up women who treat their boyfriends like crap, but the [=VespAvenger=] says that she'd have no problem with that...and ask for his phone number. In the same comic, the fact that Faye uses Marten as a punching bag is shown to be the result of severe mental trauma, and she gets called out on it more than once and tries to be better about it, mostly shifting to [[DeadpanSnarker snark]] as the comic goes on.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2013-04-22 Elliot and Sarah discuss the trope]] after [[spoiler:they have just broken up]].
** The whole concept of the subspace hammers used early on in the strip were all about this trope. It was canonically stated that the hammers were created so women could get retribution on men who made sexist remarks without causing permanent injury. It was actually done to encourage such remarks for humor's sake and give everyone a reason to feel better about them later. When Susan, the current user of the hammers learned this she was...[[{{Understatement}} less than pleased]].
*** Note that she was mostly upset that the ability to manifest hammers to physically retaliate against men that annoyed her was that the hammers were meant ''as a joke''... she was apparently perfectly fine with them as long as they were meant as a sincere implement of retaliatory abuse, but a male implementing them as a joke causes her to collapse in despair.
* Utterly averted in ''Webcomic/ImTheGrimReaper''. Chase’s past relationship with a {{Tsundere}} is played very seriously, and the physical and emotional abuse and its effects on him are not played for laughs at all. It also brutally deconstructs the tsundere trope. Even Scarlet is disturbed by it, and she immediately apologizes for her rather rude statements saying only idiots can't think about love rationally.
* In ''Webcomic/WelcomeToRoom305'' Yoon Sung accidentally punched a woman and was kicked out of a pub and gets berated for it continuously (even though he later apologised and the woman in question forgave him). Later his sister physically beat and bruised him enough that he didn't want to leave the house (which was her intent) and nobody batted an eyelid.

* Toyed with in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', though not so much in-story as in the [[FanDumb fandom's interpretations of it.]] [[SmugSnake Vriska]] harasses and torments [[ExtremeDoormat Tavros]] from the very start of the troll's arc, having [[spoiler:paralyzed him]] and then [[spoiler:demanding he [[CrossesTheLineTwice apologize for being handicapped]]]] because he was ''weighing her down.'' This is all presented up-front without comment, since most of the trolls are somewhat [[BlueAndOrangeMorality morally dubious]] by human standards. But some fans have responded that Vriska's actions were justified, since she was [[CruelToBeKind 'only trying to help.']] But [[DoubleStandard if the genders were reversed]], most readers would find Vriska's psychological abuse to be outright unacceptable, opening up a whole minefield of UnfortunateImplications.

* Utterly averted in ''Webcomic/ImTheGrimReaper''. Chase’s past relationship with a {{Tsundere}} is played very seriously, and the physical and emotional abuse and its effects on him are not played for laughs at all. It also brutally deconstructs the tsundere trope. Even Scarlet is disturbed by it, and she immediately apologizes for her rather rude statements saying only idiots can't think about love rationally.

* ''Webcomic/PvP'' plays with it [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717215251/http://www.pvponline.com/2010/02/23/little-hand-for-the-big-lady/ here]] and for a few other strips - Jade is genuinely surprised Cole and Brent hate being play-punched by her. The entire DoubleStandard is brought up [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717215252/http://www.pvponline.com/2010/02/24/touchy-subject/ here]]. Jade (''very'' grudgingly... and all the while maintaining that the men are being ridiculous for even protesting her punching them in the first place) agrees to stop.

*** Note that she was mostly upset that the ability to manifest hammers to physically retaliate against men that annoyed her was that the hammers were meant ''as a joke''... she was apparently perfectly fine with them as long as they were meant as a sincere implement of retaliatory abuse, but a male implementing them as a joke causes her to collapse in despair.

** The whole concept of the subspace hammers used early on in the strip were all about this trope. It was canonically stated that the hammers were created so women could get retribution on men who made sexist remarks without causing permanent injury. It was actually done to encourage such remarks for humor's sake and give everyone a reason to feel better about them later. When Susan, the current user of the hammers learned this she was...[[{{Understatement}} less than pleased]].

* Averted in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}''. The reason Ed -- by leagues the gentlest character in the strip -- was exiled was because, [[spoiler:after constant abuse from his wife, he found out she was also abusing their child and killed her in her sleep as preemptive self(?) defense.[[note]]Gender roles are reversed in hyena society (i.e. males are the "weaker" sex) so it's more accurate to think of this as a male-equivalent abusing a female-equivalent[[/note]]]] Regardless, the tribal elders were completely on Ed's side but failed to prevent his exile, because (much like British law) tribal law made no allowances for the situation.

* Averted in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}''. The reason Ed -- by leagues the gentlest character in the strip -- was exiled was because, after constant abuse from his wife, [[spoiler:he found out she was also abusing their child, and killed her while she slept. Them being hyenas, the females are stronger -- and the ones with combat training -- so he wouldn't have stood a chance in a fair fight.]] Ed is a male but to hyenas gender roles are reversed, so it's possibly more accurate to think of this as a male abusing a female. Regardless, the tribal elders were completely on Ed's side but failed to prevent his exile. They still feel guilty for that, and the main reason Ed was still exiled even though the elders thought he was in the right was that (much like British law) tribal law made no allowances for the situation; if anything like this had happened before, there were enough key details missing that the law was predicated on the notion that [[spoiler:wives just plain don't provoke their husbands into killing them, and they certainly don't do so to a degree that makes their husband the good guy.]]

* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', Gwynn beating up male cast members is PlayedForLaughs.

** The whole concept of the subspace hammers used early on in the strip were all about this trope. It was canonically stated that the hammers were created so women could get retribution on men who made sexist remarks without causing permanent injury. It was actually done to encourage such remarks for humor's sake and give everyone a reason to feel better about them later.

* There is a strip in ''Webcomic/SexyLosers'' where the author reverses the genders of Kenta and his horny mom, making it about a teenage girl being sexually molested by her middle aged father instead of a teenage boy being sexually molested by his middle aged mother. The audience he's presenting his gender-flipped version to beats the crap out of him. Making sure to [[DontExplainTheJoke completely point out]] the DoubleStandard that people let him get away with due to this trope, the author even says in the final panel "It's the ''same damn joke''!"
* ''Webcomic/PvP'' plays with it [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717215251/http://www.pvponline.com/2010/02/23/little-hand-for-the-big-lady/ here]] and for a few other strips - Jade is genuinely surprised Cole and Brent hate being play-punched by her. The entire DoubleStandard is brought up [[http://www.pvponline.com/2010/02/24/touchy-subject/ here]]. Jade (''very'' grudgingly... and all the while maintaining that the men are being ridiculous for even protesting her punching them in the first place) agrees to stop.

* Discussed in ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}''. One day at school, Ash, a ''very'' reluctant male-to-female GenderBender, punches a long-standing male rival in response to extreme -- but purely ''verbal'' -- provocation. A physical confrontation results, and the rival gets a severe punishment, while Ash gets off very lightly. Ash irritably notes that this is [[DoubleStandard completely unfair]], since ''he'' threw the first punch, and was only treated differently because he is "female". Ash is upset both about yet another reminder that he's "a girl", ''and'' the sexist DoubleStandard .

* ''Webcomic/PvP'' plays with it [[http://www.pvponline.com/2010/02/23/little-hand-for-the-big-lady/ here]] and for a few other strips - Jade is genuinely surprised Cole and Brent hate being play-punched by her. The entire DoubleStandard is brought up [[http://www.pvponline.com/2010/02/24/touchy-subject/ here]]. Jade (''very'' grudgingly... and all the while maintaining that the men are being ridiculous for even protesting her punching them in the first place) agrees to stop.