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Originally posted by xxGAMBITxx:
Privledge (in the context we're discussing) implies an automatic access to various resources and outlets.
That's only part of it.
Everyone has certain privileges. Black men are included.
Quick List of Male Privilege:
-Sexual Harassment isn't regular for you when you walk down the street. You can walk down the block and feel safe. You don't feel inclined to dress feminine to lower your chances of catching attention and you don't recruit chaperones to cut down one your risk of street harassment. You don't have to think too hard about your comfort before responding to a woman's hello.
-Over 40% of guys aren't estimated to have been coerced into sex acts before the age of 18.
-You don't have the Jezebel stereotype that makes you internalize the assault. You'll less likely to hear that rape was your fault.
-The leading cause of your death for people between 15 and 34 is homicide, as it is for Black women, but unlike us, your leading cause of death isn't homicide by intimate partner and ex.
-You don't have to be too sexy to make it in the entertainment business. There is no female Biz Marke. And men get to keep all of their clothes on.
-There are less jobs legally restricted to females.
-Professional Black men also have privilege in the workplace. They out earn all women. They are more likely to reach management positions than Black women.
-Men are taken more seriously in the workplace and out. You're probably less likely to have to call over a female co-worker to testify to what you've said to a client.
-You don't have to speak in a feminine voice to convey authority.
-You aren't assumed to have slept your way to the top.
-Men in traditionally female positions are more likely to be seen as more competent--Hairdresser, "manny," nurse. While women are more likely to be seen as less competent in traditionally male positions--Carpenter, mechanic, supervisor.
-A Black father walking out on his family isn't seen as bad as a mother walking out. A father staying is automatically assumed to be good.
-You can work and have a family without scrutiny.
-You're not ass expected to bring in half the income into the home, yet do nearly all of the housework.
-You're less likely to be prodded into marriage just because you haven't had a child by 30. Your masculinity won't be questioned.
-If you say something that's disagreed with, it won't be ignored and attributed to PMS.
-Men aren't expected to play stupid in order to not scare away women.
-You're not "too strong" because you're competent.
-You're not a bitch because you are assertive.
-There is no male equivalent for the most profane of woman-specific disparaging terms.
-Men are supposed to be commended for listening to women's issues, but women are simply expected to do that for men.
-You aren't told your issues don't matter or don't affect "us." People won't assume you're gay if you focus on male issues.
