Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: May 30, 2025, 6:03 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
My privilege as a straight, white, cisgender, middle class thin male
#29
RE: My privilege as a straight, white, cisgender, middle class thin male
(December 27, 2014 at 5:11 pm)Blackout Wrote: It means one group possesses higher social power over the other

Then do you also recognize that who has privilege will change depending on situation? For example, white people have greater privilege most the time, but if you're white and living in a ghetto neighborhood, you can literally get killed for that. Being tall is generally advantageous, but it makes it a nightmare for me to find clothes that fit. Males are generally considered to have privilege, even though male suicide rates and workplace fatalitie rates are far higher for them than for women.

Can you recognize these differences in situation or do you view privilege as some monolythic, adamant concept?

As far as thin privilege goes, I have a friend who's one of those people who can't put on weight no matter how much she eats. She regularly gets told to eat a damn cheesburger or accused of being anorexic. I guess that's all part of thin privilege too, isn't it?
I live on facebook. Come see me there. http://www.facebook.com/tara.rizzatto

"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
Reply



Messages In This Thread
RE: My privilege as a straight, white, cisgender, middle class thin male - by TaraJo - December 27, 2014 at 6:13 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  The white privilege to terrorize Silver 116 13652 November 2, 2020 at 12:10 pm
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Militias/BS white anxiety and toilet paper. Brian37 10 2010 October 29, 2020 at 1:21 pm
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama
  White liberals are the true racists Sammin 55 6355 October 23, 2018 at 7:59 pm
Last Post: Dr H
  White Christians are in retreat Minimalist 0 366 October 21, 2018 at 6:29 pm
Last Post: Minimalist
Shocked Do you think Trump will be arrested or kicked out of the White House soon? WinterHold 32 5593 July 25, 2018 at 3:40 pm
Last Post: John V
  The Thin-Skinned Orange Shitgibbon Can Only Handle Fox. Minimalist 0 473 July 25, 2018 at 1:58 am
Last Post: Minimalist
  One Less Cunt In The White House Minimalist 0 483 June 5, 2018 at 8:34 pm
Last Post: Minimalist
  The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Minimalist 0 427 June 5, 2018 at 5:53 pm
Last Post: Minimalist
  The SPLC - All White at the Top John V 29 5586 April 24, 2018 at 10:05 am
Last Post: Mister Agenda
  Torture in The Middle East: memories from Syria's war. WinterHold 0 497 April 22, 2018 at 4:17 am
Last Post: WinterHold



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)