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If it's not advantageous or neutral in all situations, it seems wrong to refer to it as "male privilege", i.e. the privilege of being male. Privileges are also
by fluoridation 4y ago
If it's not advantageous or neutral in all situations, it seems wrong to refer to it as "male privilege", i.e. the privilege of being male. Privileges are also something that is granted and which can be revoked, often as punishment and precisely because having it is desired, because it's advantageous.
I think more apt phrases would be "male condition" and "female condition", as subsets of the human condition.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoNo, "privilege" in this context is a specific concept, not just any and all meanings of the word: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_privilege https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_privilege
- fluoridation 4y agoI'm aware of the concept. I'm saying the word chosen for the concept is bad, and I suspect it was chosen for rhetorical reasons, rather than by accident.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoIt is being used to describe a good thing that you receive, but don't earn, so "privilege" is an appropriate choice.