I stole copied most of this from one of girlwriteswhat's videos.

I figured we should go over, add to, re-word, etc; this list. And maybe put it on the side bar or in the FAQ


  • The privilege of paying child support at age 14 to the 30-year-old woman who raped him.

  • The privilege of having his compassion for his step children used to justify a permanent financial obligation to them because he "assumed a fatherly role".

  • The privilege of being laughed at or jailed when his girlfriend or wife batters him.

  • The privilege of all the potential joys of having his genitals mutilated as an infant, and then growing up to hear women freely opine on their preference for mutilated men.

  • The privilege of being 80% of youth suicides.cite

  • The privilege of being 8 times more likely to be doped up with ritalin in school so they can tolerate the school environment. (not succeed in it, just tolerate it, because nearly twice as many girls as boys can read proficiently by the time they exit highschool.)

  • The privilege of accounting for 20 times the workplace deaths.

  • The privilege of accounting for 10 times the risk of homelessness.cite

  • The privilege of accounting for 20 times the risk of being incarcerated.

  • The privilege of getting longer sentences for the exact same crime.

  • The privilege of a 3 to 4 times greater risk of being a victim of violent crime.

  • The privilege of an exactly equal risk of being a victim of DV (along with the privilege of a roughly 0% chance of being offered a bed in a shelter).

  • The privilege of an exactly equal risk of being forced into sexual intercourse (Along with the privilege of having it not be considered rape in 80% of those cases simply because the perpetrator was female). article by Genderratic detailing the source for this claim

  • The privilege of being congratulated for being raped because the perpetrator was 'hot'.

  • The privilege of twice the risk of having a spouse initiate a divorce.

  • The privilege of 20 times the risk of losing custody of his children upon divorce.

  • The privilege of a higher death rate with respect to 14 of the 15 leading causes of death.

  • The privilege of a lower life expectancy.cite

  • The privilege of having roughly 8 times as much public money spent on the health of the opposite sex.

  • The privilege of having his "privileged status" be used to discount any issues he may face.

  • The privilege of being assumed a potential rapist, child molester, or batterer based only on his gender.

  • The privilege of being shamed for being a virgin, then shamed for being sexually active (pig shaming).

  • The privilege of being assumed guilty in most cases of crime against females.

  • The privilege of being charged with rape if the other party regrets intercourse. (even when he and the other party never had intercourse.)

  • The privilege of being forced into the burdens of parenthood against his will. (Debated)

  • The privilege of having a child he wants aborted or adopted out against his wishes. (Debated)

  • The privilege of having zero reproductive autonomy.