(December 21, 2017 at 6:23 pm)Grandizer Wrote:(December 21, 2017 at 6:17 pm)Grandizer Wrote: To CL:
Male privilege doesnt mean all men are going to enjoy advantages that women dont get to have, but it does mean that men are likely to work less to get a good job than women or that men get to exercise more power and get away with things that women would be quickly condemned for, and so on. By the way, it also doesnt mean that men wont experience disadvantages because of male privilege. Reading alpha_males post makes it clear that so long as men adhere to sexist standards of what constitutes a man, theyll relatively do fine in life, especially if they happen to be white. Because tradition looks very favorably on such men.
Also that you got a full tuition because you are a woman of certain race/ethnicity is because it wouldve likely been harder for you otherwise.
Why would it be harder for me otherwise?
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