we always hear about male privilege, which totally exists. but you know what else exists too? female privilege. some examples from a random internet article. this author doesn't mention the other really big one that makes me angry: that women aren't required to registered for the military as soon as we turn 18, which means that we'll never get drafted. the other terrible one is #6 and #7 which i'm pretty sure i've mentioned before as being ridiculously unfair.
i don't agree with everything on the list tho. #12? no, people do express surprise that i have feelings. and i don't think #15 is even true. yeah, we do graduate more than men, but i don't know how much of that has to do with being encouraged and supported. and i'm pretty sure that female are NOT favored in school, regardless of age. i know there were numerous studies about how boys were called on more often than girls, and i can't imagine that in the 10 years since learning that things have changed so much girls are now being called on more than boys.
anyway, didn't really want to comment too much on this. just wanted to say that we each have our struggles. everyone deals with discrimination of some sort, and on the flip side, everyone has their privileges also.
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