"An Open Letter to The Sexists Who Think "Female Privilege" Is a Thing" by some schmuck gunning to be the next Hugo

jpflathead · 2014-05-01T01:44:44+00:00

Clymer is the dumbshit who a few months ago declared false accusations less rare than being hit by lightning, and did so by comparing rates of apples with lifetime rates of oranges.

ILoveHate · 2014-05-01T05:32:45+00:00

Male privilege is being able to walk in public without being sexually harassed on a regular basis.

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Male privilege is the ability to occupy any space and not be inundated with attempted flirting,

This guy never went to a strip club, or anywhere else if you're an attractive guy. Lose some weight, lift some weights, get a tan, and dress nice. You won't be able to walk into a store, a coffee place, or anywhere without women hitting on you. And not just single women, married women will act like their husband doesn't even exist.

Male privilege is claiming that men are oppressed because they can't have sex with drunk women

Drunk women can't consent. Drunk men are rapists. Women get rights, men get responsibilities. Then they complain about how we treat women like children, after making laws that treat women like children.

Male privilege is turning on the television to watch programs that are nearly always male-produced

When was the last time a program was for men? Even the fucking NFL wears pink for women. The only show for men in the last few years that I can think of is Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones. Has this fool even seen any commercials? Just because the person who owns the network has a dick doesn't mean it doesn't cater to women.

Male privilege is looking at other men put women on a pedestal and getting angry … at the women.

Last time I checked, people bash the white knights and "neckbeards" not the women who are placed on a pedestal.

Male privilege is believing you have a right to decide what a woman does with her body.

The fucking "war on women" was about who paid for birth control. Men can't even get 50% custody and half to support a spouse after divorce. Last time I fucking checked, men get no say in what happens with their bodies. Women on the other hand are complaining about who's paying for their kids, contraception, abortions, lifestyle, etc.

Male privilege is being the only parent purely capable of escaping legal ties to a child because you're not the one birthing the child.

We just went off the tracks folks, the crazy train is no longer under control. Who the fuck knows where we'll end up. Fresh lobster will be served at 27:00 hours, and you can snort your coke off of your high school crushes ass. Oh sorry, I'm just making shit up since we seem to be playing that game.

Male privilege is making the ridiculous assertion that our society takes rape of women seriously

People have gone to prison for longer periods of time for rape than murder. But he's right. If our society did take rape seriously, we would punish false accusers since they would hurt the real rape victims.

Male privilege is believing that women are just automatically granted custody of children and ignoring our legal system's history of favoring parents who earn less, the logic being that the greater of two incomes should be preserved and that custody would disrupt that.

Last I checked the logic 100 years ago was the parent with the greater income should get the kids since that person would be better equipped to care for them. Then the tender years doctrine came along and you just pulled some shit out of your ass.

Male privilege is ranting about bias against men in arrests for domestic violence

As long as the circumstances were similar. Doesn't give any numbers of arrests by genders (none that I saw skimming through it).

Male privilege is getting a ticker-tape parade for showing the slightest bit of kindness while women are labeled a "bitch" if they fail to show warmth.

As the stereotype goes, men are brutes, women are caring and compassionate. I didn't make that shit up, not my fault it bites you in the ass.

Male privilege is not having to navigate life while being forced by cultural pressure to choose between a rewarding career and a rewarding family life

I chose the career, no need for a "rewarding" family life, I've seen what that leads to. Better let the spinsters do their thing. Also, women who have 1-2 kids don't need to take 20+ years off to "care" for the kids. School does a great job of babysitting them.

Male privilege is not being stopped or harassed by police when they use their authority to engage you with sexual intentions.

People get stopped by strangers, never mind the police when they pull this shit. Of course, asking you out for coffee is "sexual assault" these days.

Male privilege is believing that a higher rate of women graduating high school and college leads to success when in reality, women make up only 4.6% of Fortune 500 CEOs, 18.2% of the U.S. House of Representatives, 20% of the Senate, 27.4% of college presidents, 19.5% of law partners and 30.4% of active physicians.

Remember #13? Women can have a family or dedicate themselves to their jobs. Nobody's forcing them not to be CEO's, but if you want to be CEO one day, you'll have to work 60-80 hours a week, every week, for years. Nobody's saying women can't be CEO's, except for women. They're explicitly telling people they would rather be mothers.

Male privilege is believing that any opinion you give, no matter how ridiculous, childish, or lacking in education or nuance, deserves to be held up above others, particularly those who aren’t male or white.

I have no clue what this means, but I'm guessing it's projection from women who demand that whatever new environment they join be changed to better fit them. Men don't have those expectations.

Male privilege is the ability to look at the mountain of data that clearly demonstrate how women are discriminated against across the board and still taking the time to write a half-assed blog for Thought Catalog that utterly fails to counter this data.

Need I pull out a mirror?

Male privilege is asserting that sexism might exist for both sexes but maintaining that men’s problems are more pressing and immediate. They’re not. Grow up.

Being forced to pay for another man's child, having to go to prison for not being able to support the spouse that divorced you, never seeing your kids again? Versus what? Who pays for my birth control? Yeah, totally the same issues right there.

Hope this guy get's sperm jacked and 2 years into it finds out it's not his kid. I'm sure he'll have a brand spanking new account and his first post will be here begging for help.

ThePigmanAgain · 2014-05-01T00:51:56+00:00

"Male privilege is being the only parent purely capable of escaping legal ties to a child because you're not the one birthing the child."

What the fuck does this even mean? If it means what i think it means this man is having some sort of psychotic break.

Underfolder · 2014-05-01T02:08:06+00:00

"research that clearly shows that men and women are equally likely to be arrested in such incidents"

I'm curious about this claim. I don't care much for the vague "as long as the circumstances were similar". Where's the actual data? How is severity measured? I'd be really glad if the Duluth model was being abandoned. If this is one less thing to complain about, I think most people here would be happy.

thehumungus · 2014-05-01T03:07:07+00:00

This is a pretty asinine response, in that it doesn't actually address anything put pointlessly plays victim olympics.

Just because some female privileges exist doesn't mean there are no male privileges, and contrariwise. Just a waste of time.

rapiertwit · 2014-05-01T07:10:36+00:00

TLDR: "If you think apples exist, just look at all these oranges. Don't you feel silly now."

2014-05-01T05:33:17+00:00

I love how he doesn't refute anything from the article he's referencing. Telling isn't it?

Also, immediately declaring people who disagree with you sexists is the mark of someone with nothing intelligent to say. And I wonder if he realizes there are women who disagree with him too.

2014-05-01T09:02:29+00:00

Oh it just goes to the sexists that think so. I guess most people here are fine.

PierceHarlan · 2014-05-01T13:59:28+00:00

Awful. That's what passes for reasoning in their world.

Take one typical assertion: men dominating television production is "male privilege."

Sigh.

You know, a lot of the "privilege" crap can be explained by the fact that men and women are different. Even a five year old knows it. The only people who don't know it are drunk on feminist Kool-Aid.

Title	"An Open Letter to The Sexists Who Think "Female Privilege" Is a Thing" by some schmuck gunning to be the next Hugo
Author	ThePigmanAgain
Upvotes	24
Comments	16
Date	May 1, 2014 12:46 AM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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