Men's Rights Movement

[Rev. Rye]

I have no idea. My husband certainly worked much harder than I did, did better, and got nothing.

He doesnt need the scholarship then. Good, now if all things equal in terms of intelligence and hard work and no sfholarship at all, then you wouldve probably seen things more clearly with regards to male privilege. Your husband is more likely to get a high status job than you, given all things equal except for gender. Again, because of male privilege fostered by gender expectations imposed by traditional society.

That's certainly a good part of it, but I think the problem runs a bit deeper than that: in my experience, a crucial part of actually getting a job is networking. The old saying "it's not what you know, it's who you know" is very true in aspects of getting a job. People tend to be far more likely to hire someone if they know someone or have some sort of bond with them. A lot of times, this bond is something like attending the same college as them, but, of course, having similar genitalia or melanin levels ends up becoming a factor, unconsciously or not (perhaps more unconsciously these days than in decades past). It was certainly a factor in keeping the cycle of poverty in the Jim Crow South (you're not likely to get in a position of power on par with white people when you're literally not allowed in the same room with them.) 

Maybe in most circumstances, a woman is less likely to be hired than a man, but perhaps if the person hiring was a woman herself (admittedly, less common than one might like), it seems she does have an advantage.

You raise a good point, but your analysis is a bit reductive is all I'm saying.