I honestly believe traditional masculinity plays a huge role here. Think about it most average men would tell you that they don't feel any power or privilege at all from the patriarchy. Of course this is 100 percent true for the average male experience.

But men are still usually the main ones in the position of power most of the time. Women are in position of power too. But men being more likely expected to be leaders, role models, or respected in general plays a huge part in traditional masculinity. So a man class and status can enhanced their male privilege. Heck even a man being confident or assertive can ehanced their male privilege.

So what feminists usually get wrong here. Is that they apply the apex fallacy too all men. And assume all men benefit from male privilege. Albeit the same heterosexual/bisexual paradox feminists tend to usually be attracted the same men who are at the top of the hierarchy anyway. Ironically of course. But I digress lol.

This plays into the traditional masculine expectation for men to have status and wealth in society. Doesn't matter if this is toxic masculinity or positive masculinity. Men are still expected to be successful providers. Because it's traditional masculinity. And this is usually universally accepted by society, (this include progressive societies too).

Therefore status and class plays a huge role here. Again you can even argue that man having traits like being tall, big, physically strong, muscular, or even confident/assertive can be major factors here too. So does male privilege exist? Yes I guessed. But then again the average man isn't always going to be tall, rich, have confidence, or have status. Not every man is view as a leader, role model, or is respected by most people. It's almost like male privilege just puts the average man at 4 on the scale. And they need the other factors to reach 10.

I remember seeing a posts saying women don't have female privilege. Saying that women who have these benefits are not getting them because of their gender. They are getting these benefits because they have pretty privilege. Albeit you can argue that women are more likely to be pretty on average compare to men because of biological or social factors.

But that's a post for another day. They said attractive male criminals are an example of this. Saying these men get away with crimes because of pretty privilege. So again their point being that some women don't benefit because of female privilege, they benefit from pretty privilege instead.

I'm not trying to argue whether this is right or wrong. But I think this topic actually ties into my point here though. Because I can easily imply the same logic with the opposite here. And say that male privilege is not the main factor here. And that these men aren't benefiting because of their gender. They are benefiting from their class/status privilege instead. But then again we would still need to take traditional masculinity into account.

In conclusion.

Because of traditional masculinity. Male privilege is ironically very limited. Because the average man may not always lived up to the traditional masculine expectations for men.