RE: My privilege as a straight, white, cisgender, middle class thin male
December 28, 2014 at 1:56 am
In addition to what I already wrote,
On being male
1) I can't count the times I've not been able to find something or I've been distracted or just done something stupid and then been told it's because I'm male, by women.
2) Men are portrayed as sex objects in the media constantly, women aren't always portrayed as weak useless and annoying.
3)passive, submissive, docile and caring traits aren't by definition inferior and they are attributed to women because women usually are less aggressive than men.
4) Maybe it's just where I live, but a man who wears low cut tops and tight tight shorts is ten times more likely to be made fun of, mocked and shamed, than a woman who does the exact same thing.
5) Society doesn't encourage males to compete against each other fiercely? No idea where you got that idea from.
The male stereotype as you stated earlier is aggressive and competitive. In the gym, in the work place, in night clubs, in science, exploration, business, it's full of men judging each other, and biter rivalry. I'm not saying women don't do this, but to say women do these things, or are encouraged to do these things more than men is ridiculous.
5) You are forced into a culture that places a high value on physical appearance, maybe it's less than women are but it's still there.
6) There are lots of jokes that stereotype men.
On being male
1) I can't count the times I've not been able to find something or I've been distracted or just done something stupid and then been told it's because I'm male, by women.
2) Men are portrayed as sex objects in the media constantly, women aren't always portrayed as weak useless and annoying.
3)passive, submissive, docile and caring traits aren't by definition inferior and they are attributed to women because women usually are less aggressive than men.
4) Maybe it's just where I live, but a man who wears low cut tops and tight tight shorts is ten times more likely to be made fun of, mocked and shamed, than a woman who does the exact same thing.
5) Society doesn't encourage males to compete against each other fiercely? No idea where you got that idea from.
The male stereotype as you stated earlier is aggressive and competitive. In the gym, in the work place, in night clubs, in science, exploration, business, it's full of men judging each other, and biter rivalry. I'm not saying women don't do this, but to say women do these things, or are encouraged to do these things more than men is ridiculous.
5) You are forced into a culture that places a high value on physical appearance, maybe it's less than women are but it's still there.
6) There are lots of jokes that stereotype men.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
