Male Privilege

Tastysalad101 · 2013-12-02T11:37:27+00:00

Isn't homeless 90% male?

I_am_Norwegian · 2013-12-02T18:38:21+00:00

Here's one I made a while ago if anyone's interested. http://i.imgur.com/qNZlmFR.png

mrwhibbley · 2013-12-02T13:17:57+00:00

We are so lucky. It is unfair to women. We should find out how to equalize these numbers. Wouldn't want women to feel discriminated against. <s>

Muffinmanifest · 2013-12-02T16:14:05+00:00

This or stuff equivalent gets posted on the regular. I agree with it, but can we actually do something about it?

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2013-12-02T15:01:16+00:00

A feminist will tell you that this is due to the Patriarchy not thinking women are strong enough to be able to survive on the streets or deal with suicide/dangerous jobs/self defense so it spends inordinate resources protecting women from such things, which is of course discrimination against women (not a discrimination that they'll fight against, but one they'll fight to acknowledge).

However if you have similar stats but based on race that is of course proof that society doesn't give a shit about the PoC who are over-represented in these exact same categories (but at a lower rate).

Bartab · 2013-12-02T10:37:05+00:00

Was this an actual published document and/or poster from Ohio Univ?

just_an_ordinary_guy · 2013-12-02T16:32:17+00:00

I'm willing to acknowledge that males do indeed have certain privileges in society, I just wish that feminists admitted that the same is true for women rather than blathering on about 'benevolent sexism' and how only men can truly be privileged because only men truly have power.

Because if they actually meant that, they would recognize that there is only one group that truly has power: the political and economic elite. Only that group has true power, and only that group has true privilege. Everyone else merely has privileges.

crazyex · 2013-12-02T15:09:56+00:00

No worries! Feminism is working on that!™

ZimbaZumba · 2013-12-02T15:36:25+00:00

The more posters like this the better. They change the narrative, they work.

dungone · 2013-12-02T15:02:01+00:00

When each of those charts becomes 100% male, all of men's problems will be magically solved. So says feminism.

JeremyKean · 2013-12-02T15:41:32+00:00

Can we get something like this for the various forms of physical violence?

I know I've heard it said a few times that men are greater victims of all/nearly all forms of physical violence, like mugging, sexual assault, homicide, etc. It'd be handy to have that information collected into a graphic so I can show people.

edit: added "greater". Otherwise it would have been a pretty meaningless statement.

2013-12-02T20:11:20+00:00

Please use numbered footnotes.

Unrealwazza · 2013-12-02T22:26:36+00:00

guys being dead is not a privilege

Mylon · 2013-12-02T13:28:16+00:00

Are these numbers just specific to the USA or do you think they would be roughly the same in other countries around the world?

Electroverted · 2013-12-02T19:43:24+00:00

Come on guys, let's get those numbers to 100%, yeah!

xmjmx · 2013-12-03T02:29:12+00:00

I saw a post a short while back related that highlighted funds towards male-vs-nonmale cancer research, etc. Anyone know the image I'm referring to?

JohnSheir · 2013-12-03T03:59:09+00:00

I think % of inmates is missing.

Satherton · 2013-12-03T09:41:04+00:00

good job guys 4/4!

bookishboy · 2013-12-03T11:21:41+00:00

Do you know how to make this poster 100% more punchy? Start it off with the current stat for the percentage of congressmen/women:

This will rope in a huge amount of feminist-leaning readers, who would find the first statement flattering to their convictions.
The incongruity of the following statements against the first will tempt a more complete reading of the rest of the poster. Faced with 2 seemingly at-odds statements, I think we have an impulse to scan for more information, in order to put the two statements in context.
It's a poster that would give more to a reader inclined to self-examination. Go down this thought path even a little ways, and a couple of questions present themselves: 1) More congressmen, how sexist... but there are only a couple of hundred congressmen, I guess most of the 150 million men in the country don't get to become one (CEO's either). 2. If there's a clear sex bias in the makeup of our government, why do men (rather than women) have it so shitty among some of the things I'd least want to have happen to me?

The revised poster would have messages on 2 levels; The first would be "there are more examples of un-privilege than of privilege", because the poster shows 1 of privilege and 3-4 of un-privilege. The second deeper level is: "Even for the areas of power where men seem to have a numbers advantage, we're talking about numbers of men in the hundreds or low thousands, out of a total 150+ million population. Most men don't get to occupy these positions. Also, if men are in charge they seem to be doing very little to protect the vulnerable amongst themselves.

Are there new numbers on male vs female rape victims since we started counting some of the male victims? If the male number is higher than the female, that might make an interesting statistic for a poster like this.

thedoyleowl · 2013-12-04T03:07:38+00:00

Actually, while 4 times as many men die by suicide than women, women attempt suicide more often than men. There are also higher rates of clinical depression in women, although that may be due to social pressures for men to avoid seeking treatment.

TRAUMAjunkie · 2013-12-02T20:19:11+00:00

Feminists would call this a success.

2013-12-02T19:00:32+00:00

I feel so blessed <:^).

FlapjackFreddie · 2013-12-02T14:53:55+00:00

I've seen the murder victim statistic before and I'm sure it's true. However, I can't help but wonder, is it not relevant to look at who is doing the murdering?

Are the majority of male murder victims killed by men or by women? Are the majority of women killed by men or by women?

misgnome · 2013-12-02T23:54:17+00:00

These are staggering statistics, but I think it's worth noting that over 90% of homicides are committed by men.

Kingkarlo · 2013-12-03T06:59:15+00:00

[Damn, guess I better start "check"ing it.] (http://i.imgur.com/weIBZ7Q.gif) Never mind that these are some of the worst things things that can happen to a person. Men always have it better, the feminists told me so.

Durgals · 2013-12-02T18:06:50+00:00

"Figures released by, 'Centers for Disease Control and Pervention.'"

Pervention

I'm sorry, it just sounds too much like an intervention for pedophiles.

LiteweightPhenomenal · 2013-12-02T08:16:57+00:00

As I said before the privilege thing is bullying designed to make self-conscious men kill themselves due to the tacitly implied only salvation in "you have privilege and can't get rid of it alive, neener-neener" being to kill yourself. It's very malicious cyberbullying.

krakow057 · 2013-12-02T17:33:53+00:00

Suicide: men killing men (themselves)

Homicide: men killing men

Workplace deaths: men killing men (themselves)

Homeless people: people aren't victims of homelesness, they are either dumb or want to be there

so what is the point of this graph? to show that men are shitty even to men!?!

if your point is that men are men's worst enemy, you got it right

change the title to MEN ARE AWFUL TO THEMSELVES

XtraStrongMint · 2013-12-02T12:51:38+00:00

Another one with this suicide "victim" thing. I still don't get it and it's a lousy statistic because you are not a suicide victim, you might as well call it suicide murderer. It makes just as little sense.

You commit suicide, you aren't a victim to it. Because it's not something externally that just suddenly happens to you. It's your own choice. Man or woman doesn't matter.

Title	Male Privilege
Author	losangelies
Upvotes	926
Comments	121
Date	December 2, 2013 8:02 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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