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Can you give me an example of a reasonable answer to this? And if my argument is novel, I'm not sure how a book on feminism could have already answered it.

• wpietri 12y ago
  Sorry, the last line was the novel part. The "what about people of differing levels of privilege" bit is standard and well answered. No advantage is absolute, and all generalizations describe tendencies. That there is also white privilege or tall privilege doesn't negate that their is male privilege, or prevent people from thinking about it. So as a white guy, there are many circumstances where I get boosts from one, the other, or both that non-white, non-guy people may not get. There are some circumstances where being a fat person costs me, but that doesn't erase the advantages from being male. Some sorts of feminism focus purely on the male-female issues. That's often fine; the problems, evidence, and solutions are often specific, and there's plenty to deal with. Others view various sorts of prejudice as part of a connected system. You can read about intersectional feminism for more: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Intersectionality http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Intersectionality