It's still a Man's world

enfant terrible

Following is a list of male privileges. If you are male (and a man), listed below are benefits that result from being born with that gender and sex.

If you identify as a man, there’s a good chance you’ve never thought about these things. Try and be more cognizant of these privileges in your daily life and you’ll understand how much work we have to do to make a society that is equitable to all people, regardless of their gender.

If you have a bad day or are in a bad mood, people aren’t going to blame it on your sex
You can be careless with your money and not have people blame it on your sex
You can be a careless driver and not have people blame it on your sex
You can be confident that your coworkers won’t assume you were hired because of your sex
If you are never promoted, it isn’t because of your sex
You can expect to be paid equitably for the work you do, and not paid less because of your sex
If you are unable to succeed in your career, that won’t be seen as evidence against your sex in the workplace
A decision to hire you won’t be based on whether or not the employer assumes you will be having children in the near future
Work comfortably (or walk down a public street) without the fear of sexual harassment
Walk alone at night without the fear of being raped or otherwise harmed
Go on a date with a stranger without the fear of being raped
Dress how you want and not worry it will be used as a defense if you are raped
If you are straight, you are not likely to be abused by your partner, or to be told to continue living in an abusive household for your children
You can decide not to have children and not have your masculinity questioned
If you choose to have children, you will praised for caring for your children, instead of being expected to be the full-time caretaker
Balance a career and a family without being called selfish for not staying at home (or being constantly pressured to stay at home)
If you are straight and decide to have children with your partner, you can assume this will not affect your career
If you rise to prominence in an organization/role, no one will assume it is because you slept your way to the top
You can seek political office without having your sex be a part of your platform
You can seek political office without fear of your relationship with your children, or who you hire to take care of them, being scrutinized by the press
Most political representatives share your sex, particularly the higher-ups
Your political officials fight for issues that pertain to your sex
You can ask for the “person in charge” and will likely be greeted by a member of your sex
As a child, you were able to find plenty of non-limiting, gender role stereotyped media to view
You can not care about your appearance without worrying about about being criticized at work or in social situations
You can spend time on your appearance without having people criticizing you for upholding unhealthy gender norms
If you’re not conventionally attractive (or in shape), you don’t have to worry as much about that negatively affecting your potential
You are not pressured by peers and society to be thin as much as the opposite sex
You’re not expected to spend excessive amounts of money on grooming, style, and appearance to fit in, while making less money than the opposite sex
Have promiscuous sex and be viewed positively for it
You can go to a car dealership or mechanic and assume you’ll get a fair deal and not be taken advantage of
Expressions and conventional language reflects your sex (e.g., mailman, “all men are created equal”)
Every major religion in the world is led by individuals of your sex
You can practice religion without subjugating yourself or thinking of yourself as less because of your sex
You are less likely to be interrupted than members of the opposite sex

Wompa1

enfant terrible wrote: »

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You've opened my mind. Do you have a blog or newsletter I can subscribe to?

Koloman

That you Mary??

I literally hate the original post.

It is bull**** and makes my eyes and heart sad.

theblaqueguy

Go back under your bridge!

Lingua Franca

Deja vu, OP. You're being eviscerated over here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057091231

enfant terrible

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Deja vu, OP. You're being eviscerated over here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057091231

Tough crowd

poundapunnet

This will end well.

Check yo privilege you man bastards you! I can't even buy a goddamn car without being ripped off because of ye :mad::mad::mad: Ye FECKERS!

Lingua Franca

Clearly. Did you think an identical thread would go any better for you?

enfant terrible

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Clearly. Did you think an identical thread would go any better for you?

They are different, even have different titles.

April O Neill II

Men can't come to harm out walking late at night? Wha'? Men are probably more likely to be started on than women are to be attacked, I reckon.

The Diabolical Monocle

Yeah ...but if you have an itchy crotch while standing outside a girls school

Jonny Blaze

Isn't after hours supposed to be a 'fun' forum?

SweepTheLeg

Time of the month yeah?

B.A._Baracus

Hey op,
Why don't you say the above if you are aboard a sinking ship and the captain says "men and women first on the lifeboats" ... oh wait ... you wouldnt

Tell me i'm wrong :pac:

shruikan2553

enfant terrible wrote: »

You can be a careless driver and not have people blame it on your sex

Don't have time right now to explain everthing wrong from the copy paste job from feminists united but for this one my car insurance suggests otherwise.

wp_rathead

enfant terrible wrote: »

If you are straight, you are not likely to be abused by your partner, or to be told to continue living in an abusive household for your children

...wow.. :rolleyes:

seenitall

wprathead wrote: »

...wow.. :rolleyes:

Enfant terrible is intent on doing a little siht-stirring this evening, as all enfants terribles are wont to do from time to time...

wp_rathead

seenitall wrote: »

Enfant terrible is intent on doing a little siht-stirring this evening, as all enfants terribles are wont to do from time to time...

Haha Ah i know that but seems what ever site enfant copied and pasted this from legitamitly thought what i quoted was valid - mind boggling

Foxhound38

I've been reading Politics.ie today (I'm a glutton for punishment) and they are discussing the struggle of women (or should I say womyn, according to the linked OP). It's about as big a clusterfcuk as you can get there - and that's saying something, and quite hilarious. Mad in the head radical feminists vs. equally mad in the head misogynists.

http://www.politics.ie/forum/culture-community/213710-how-successful-feminist-ally-one-lads.html

ldxo15wus6fpgm

enfant terrible wrote: »

Following is a list of male privileges. If you are male (and a man), listed below are benefits that result from being born with that gender and sex.

If you identify as a man, there’s a good chance you’ve never thought about these things. Try and be more cognizant of these privileges in your daily life and you’ll understand how much work we have to do to make a society that is equitable to all people, regardless of their gender.

If you have a bad day or are in a bad mood, people aren’t going to blame it on your sex Plenty of people blame men's anger on them being men. Men are described as overly aggressive/angry by women all the time
You can be careless with your money and not have people blame it on your sex not entirely true - but yes women get it worse than men in this regard
You can be a careless driver and not have people blame it on your sex Really. Why is it then that until very recently males, especially young males were charged sometimes 3 times as much as females equivalent age and experience - the boy racer stereotype
You can be confident that your coworkers won’t assume you were hired because of your sex depends totally on the industry you work in
If you are never promoted, it isn’t because of your sex not true, especially when there are spiteful women in upper management (in my experience!)
You can expect to be paid equitably for the work you do, and not paid less because of your sex again depends on the industry
If you are unable to succeed in your career, that won’t be seen as evidence against your sex in the workplace depends on the industry
A decision to hire you won’t be based on whether or not the employer assumes you will be having children in the near future can't argue with that but it's down to anatomy
Work comfortably (or walk down a public street) without the fear of sexual harassment women can sexually assault men too you know
Walk alone at night without the fear of being raped or otherwise harmedTrue, men are never attacked at night sure! :rolleyes:
Go on a date with a stranger without the fear of being raped Pretty sure I've read news stories where women have date raped men. Gay men might have this danger when dealing with other men too.
Dress how you want and not worry it will be used as a defense if you are raped rapists cannot use the clothing of their victim as any form of defense in most of the civilised world
If you are straight, you are not likely to be abused by your partner, or to be told to continue living in an abusive household for your children statistiaclly less likely to be abused, but it happens, there is a lot more abuse against men than is reported too, for obvious reasons. Much harder for men to be taken seriously in this regard
You can decide not to have children and not have your masculinity questioned women can decide to not have children without having their femininity questioned too. Plenty of women who want to focus on their career and don't get any stick over it, they are empowered women blah blah blah
If you choose to have children, you will praised for caring for your children, instead of being expected to be the full-time caretaker there are loads of stay at home dads out there, and single dads too. But yes you don't hear too many women being praised for raising their kids. Don't hear too many men being praised either.
Balance a career and a family without being called selfish for not staying at home (or being constantly pressured to stay at home) See above. Plenty of empowered women out there with stay at home husbands/boyfriends etc. who focus on their career
If you are straight and decide to have children with your partner, you can assume this will not affect your career not entirely. bosses aren't too keen on kids at all seeing as either parent will have more reasons to need to leave early/ come in late/ miss work altogether
If you rise to prominence in an organization/role, no one will assume it is because you slept your way to the top I agree that such accusations are less common against men but I have heard them being made against guys first hand
You can seek political office without having your sex be a part of your platform I've never seen any election posters purposely pointing out the candidate's gender before...
You can seek political office without fear of your relationship with your children, or who you hire to take care of them, being scrutinized by the press not sure what you mean by this one tbh. Never heard of any female politicians getting stick over their relationships with their kids
Most political representatives share your sex, particularly the higher-ups less women run for office in the first place so this is bound to be the case - I daresay there are fewer women than men deeply interested in politics
Your political officials fight for issues that pertain to your sex there are never issues about women's health/rights etc. brought up in parliament sure!
You can ask for the “person in charge” and will likely be greeted by a member of your sex depending on where you are
As a child, you were able to find plenty of non-limiting, gender role stereotyped media to view again not sure what you mean
You can not care about your appearance without worrying about about being criticized at work or in social situations I and most other men get barked at if I come in to work unshaven, despite it sometimes being very painful to wet shave 5 days in a row. Don't know many men who aren't alcoholics who would actually be present in a social situation if they weren't groomed to a decent standard.
You can spend time on your appearance without having people criticizing you for upholding unhealthy gender norms no we get criticised for being big girls' blouses for caring what we look like!
If you’re not conventionally attractive (or in shape), you don’t have to worry as much about that negatively affecting your potential maybe at work, but ugly men tend to have far less confidence than ugly women, in my experience. A not very attractive girl will still find a partner with a reasonable degree of ease, while an ugly man will find it very tough indeed
You are not pressured by peers and society to be thin as much as the opposite sex not true at all. In fact I'd say fat men get more things said directly to their face about their weight than women
You’re not expected to spend excessive amounts of money on grooming, style, and appearance to fit in, while making less money than the opposite sex any such expectations of women are held in place by other women, not men
Have promiscuous sex and be viewed positively for it by some other men, yes, but definitely not by women. some women get praised for being brave and admitting to having multiple sexual partners! You're making a big blanket statement here.
You can go to a car dealership or mechanic and assume you’ll get a fair deal and not be taken advantage of total BS. I know more men than women who have been shafted by mechanics because they haven't got a clue what is going on and are too ashamed to admit it
Expressions and conventional language reflects your sex (e.g., mailman, “all men are created equal”) and what impact does that have on anything?
Every major religion in the world is led by individuals of your sex again, the impact of which is?
You can practice religion without subjugating yourself or thinking of yourself as less because of your sex depends on the religion doesn't it?
You are less likely to be interrupted than members of the opposite sex depends on the situation and who you're talking to...

EDIT I called this tripe. It's actually just ignorance, lazy generalisations and a lack of common sense!

poeticseraphim

It's still a Man's world .... but it would be NOOOOOOTHIN WITHOUT A WOMAAAAAAN OOOR A GIIIRL OOOH YEAH

This is a mans world
But it would be nothing, nothing
Not one little thing
Without a women or a girl

He's lost in the wilderness
He's lost in bitterness

James Brown said it .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juTeHsKPWhY

If this thread does nothing else it will let you listen to James Brown ....real music

BillyMitchel

Walk up half hr early, see this crap posted on boards and go back to sleep.

OP this is terrible.

OP what do you do if a woman cones running at you with a knife?

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Legs.Eleven

Another cry for attention like a massive, oversized mutant adult-baby. Pretty cringy stuff to wake up to. Yikes!

This thread was already closed by another mod and for good reason.

Keep this bollox out of AH please.