Do you think that there are any areas where men are privileged?

2015-12-17T11:23:39+00:00

Peeing outside

everystoner · 2015-12-17T14:37:11+00:00

Ummmm....... Women are more likely to have to make a decision about changing their name when they get married? You know, because of societal norms an whatnot. That must be hard and difficult to deal with for them. Oh yes, my privilege is strong! I shall keep my name and no one will question it!

mikesteane · 2015-12-17T11:21:05+00:00

Safety at Night: harassment may be common for women, but violent attacks on men greatly outnumber violent attacks on women and this is true even if the perpetrators are male. Men are more likely to be murdered or seriously injured in assaults than women.

Catcalling etc. Do you think women even notice men who are not of value to them in some way? They may not shout it out, in the manner of catcalling, but they certainly make judgements, without sympathy, on men.

There are areas where men are privileged: areas where men have earned privileges. Women, however, simply get privileges because of their sex.

DevilishRogue · 2015-12-17T12:28:41+00:00

Having read through every example of supposed male privilege I could find on the front page of a Google search:

http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/05/proof-male-privilege/

http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2012/11/30-examples-of-male-privilege/

http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/05/male-privilege-trans-men/

https://xyfeminist.wordpress.com/the-male-privilege-list/

http://amptoons.com/blog/the-male-privilege-checklist/

etc.

No, there is not a single valid example of an area where men are actually genuinely privileged over women.

Rex9 · 2015-12-17T20:24:41+00:00

We don't (AFAIK) deny that women have unique challenges. Where the frustration (and quite often, rage) comes in is that the feminist machine denies that there are ANY issues that men face that they shouldn't just "man up" about because of "privilege".

Feminists also blow many things way the hell out of proportion - rape statistics and wage gap being prime examples. Then when called out on the fallacies or outright lies, they attempt to shout us down.

Want to know who runs things? Find out who you're not allowed to question or criticize.

Sasha_ · 2015-12-17T22:20:40+00:00

Definitely. For instance, the provision of war cemetery memorials displays a clear pro-male bias.

omegaphallic · 2015-12-18T03:48:22+00:00

I doubt you make as much in tips from those costumers either. I could be wrong.

iainmf · 2015-12-17T11:41:48+00:00

Greater strength.

That's about it.

Lethn · 2015-12-17T13:24:21+00:00

I agree with that and don't get me wrong their are certainly situations which only women will have to deal with. The problem is though that feminists as ever are so hysterical and manipulative about it that like with anything they claim to lobby for it's the people who actually experience this shit that suffer the most because of their actions.

That woman for example you were worried about is a classic example, she doesn't bitch and moan about it but it could well happen to her if she isn't careful. However because feminists are running around universities screaming about a man that looked at them for five seconds people aren't going to take that woman seriously either if she really does end up with a stalker coming after her.

Feminists are the classic story of crying wolf in real life. They're so desperate to try and convince everybody they're being harassed, stalked or raped that nobody is going to believe women in general soon enough. I'm a pretty open minded guy and even I'm having a fucking hard time these days now because they're just lying so fucking much and there aren't actually that many women standing up to them in public.

2015-12-19T12:46:44+00:00

Men suffer the majority of violence, especially at night.

KrisK_lvin · 2015-12-17T11:52:40+00:00

Like many here I would call myself an anti-feminist, yet I would still agree with feminists on a few issues ...

Then you're not an 'anti-feminist'; you're someone who is critical of it - it's OK to think that way. In my experience, it's usually (but not always) Feminists who use the label 'anti-feminist' which seems to be a shorthand way of saying misogynist while at the same time suggesting that any criticism of Feminism is something akin to political heresy.

Catcalling/sexual comments ... / Safety at night ... Do you agree with my examples?

I agree that many bars are frequented by drunken men, charmless men, socially awkward men and so on and I agree that women are sometimes harrassed by creeps on the street* however I fail to see in what sense these things have to do with 'privilege'?

The lived experiences of men and women are not directly comparable in every facet of life so it really doesn't make any sense to talk about 'privilege'. In fact, I'd go further and say it's simply divisive to do so and also easily reversible.

For instance, are women privileged because they are considerably less likely to be not only physically threatened with violence but much less likely to be a victim of physical violence? My answer would be 'of course not' because using privilege in this context is irrelevant and misleading.

Title	Do you think that there are any areas where men are privileged?
Author	BorisMalden
Upvotes	9
Comments	25
Date	December 17, 2015 11:15 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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