White privilege, heterosexual privilege, male privilege I was under the impression that straight priviledge meant that bisexuals have the option to avoid the trouble that gays go through by just pretending to be straight. It's a valid point, too; I do it all the time.
Aside from that, you're right. It doesn't seem like people talk anymore about patriarchy and how its fixed roles are bad for everyone.
From the original list: The odds of my encountering sexual harassment on the job are so low as to be negligible. I've certainly encountered behaviour that could be called sexual harassment if I complained about it. It wasn't sexual harassment because I didn't really mind, but I wouldn't call that a priviledge over someone more uptight.
I am not taught to fear walking alone after dark in average public spaces. It's probably impossible to make a direct comparison, but worrying about people being afraid of you when you're walking alone after dark is no picnic, either.
As a child, chances are I was encouraged to be more active and outgoing than my sisters. Huh?
If I'm careless with my driving it won't be attributed to my sex. Agressiveness will be.
If I have sex with a lot of people, it won't make me an object of contempt or derision. I agree with this wholeheartedly, but it's almost always women who are the culprit.
There are value-neutral clothing choices available to me; it is possible for me to choose clothing that doesn't send any particular message to the world. No.
I can be loud with no fear of being called a shrew. I can be aggressive with no fear of being called a bitch. The words may be different, but otherwise, no.
My ability to make important decisions and my capability in general will never be questioned depending on what time of the month it is. That's a valid complaint, but I think I hear women use it as an excuse more often than I hear men use it as a dismissal.
The decision to hire me will never be based on assumptions about whether or not I might choose to have a family sometime soon. This is a tricky one, and I'm very torn on it. On the one hand, it's not fair to hold it against someone preemptively. On the other hand, it's a real and very major concern. Women *do* disappear for weeks at a time for maternity, and frequently leave permanently or only come back part-time.
If I have a wife or girlfriend, chances are we'll divide up household chores so that she does most of the labor, and in particular the most repetitive and unrewarding tasks. "Chances are" doesn't constitute a priviledge for a person for whom this isn't true.
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I was under the impression that straight priviledge meant that bisexuals have the option to avoid the trouble that gays go through by just pretending to be straight. It's a valid point, too; I do it all the time.
Aside from that, you're right. It doesn't seem like people talk anymore about patriarchy and how its fixed roles are bad for everyone.
From the original list:
The odds of my encountering sexual harassment on the job are so low as to be negligible.
I've certainly encountered behaviour that could be called sexual harassment if I complained about it. It wasn't sexual harassment because I didn't really mind, but I wouldn't call that a priviledge over someone more uptight.
I am not taught to fear walking alone after dark in average public spaces.
It's probably impossible to make a direct comparison, but worrying about people being afraid of you when you're walking alone after dark is no picnic, either.
As a child, chances are I was encouraged to be more active and outgoing than my sisters.
Huh?
If I'm careless with my driving it won't be attributed to my sex.
Agressiveness will be.
If I have sex with a lot of people, it won't make me an object of contempt or derision.
I agree with this wholeheartedly, but it's almost always women who are the culprit.
There are value-neutral clothing choices available to me; it is possible for me to choose clothing that doesn't send any particular message to the world.
No.
I can be loud with no fear of being called a shrew. I can be aggressive with no fear of being called a bitch.
The words may be different, but otherwise, no.
My ability to make important decisions and my capability in general will never be questioned depending on what time of the month it is.
That's a valid complaint, but I think I hear women use it as an excuse more often than I hear men use it as a dismissal.
The decision to hire me will never be based on assumptions about whether or not I might choose to have a family sometime soon.
This is a tricky one, and I'm very torn on it. On the one hand, it's not fair to hold it against someone preemptively. On the other hand, it's a real and very major concern. Women *do* disappear for weeks at a time for maternity, and frequently leave permanently or only come back part-time.
If I have a wife or girlfriend, chances are we'll divide up household chores so that she does most of the labor, and in particular the most repetitive and unrewarding tasks.
"Chances are" doesn't constitute a priviledge for a person for whom this isn't true.