The phrase "double standard" was originally the official term for the twin-pointed national flag of Nepal. It acquired its present meaning from a Nepalese woman embittered by the inconsistency between Nepalese men's lax judgement of their own conduct with women and their strict judgements of women's conduct with men. This woman, Mrs. Chomolungma, drew an analogy between the two separate sorts of male judgement and the two points of the national flag. The royal priests declared her a living goddess and ordered her immolated.