Is There Such A Thing As Female Privilege?

Nov 21, 2011 13:09

In the sex positive talk space we hear a lot about “male privilege” but rarely - if ever - discuss what privileges women have that men don’t.

But women do have "female privilege" even though we rarely address this concept and, when we do, it's quickly scoffed at and derailed.

But it shouldn’t be. And I’ll explain why.

But first, let’s look at the ( Read more... )

womens health, womens rights, sexism, gender, women

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origamicage November 21 2011, 20:18:04 UTC
Oh shit let me fix that formatting sorry

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chaya November 21 2011, 20:18:05 UTC
In future: less HTML is more.

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origamicage November 21 2011, 20:21:14 UTC
Sorry, I just copy pasta from the article and didn't realize how much rich text screws things up. I'll be more careful in the future!

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chaya November 21 2011, 20:23:59 UTC
It's okay - it's for this reason that I personally recommend not using rich text at all. There can also be tiny one-pixel images in there that you do not realize you are copying, which then send back information to the host on where it has been.

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bmh4d0k3n November 21 2011, 23:00:09 UTC
If I want to keep links and some of the formatting, sometimes I go and just copy the source code.

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vulturoso November 21 2011, 20:20:04 UTC
Oh, a guy wrote this? I am shocked I tell you - SHOCKED!

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sesmo November 21 2011, 22:32:01 UTC
What, you don't think giving birth is a privilege? Dude clearly hasn't actually conversed with a pregnant woman. Probably she was just too privileged, or he was afraid he'd have to hold the door open for her.

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origamicage November 22 2011, 00:15:51 UTC
I believe he is married with a kid.

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elialshadowpine November 22 2011, 07:47:39 UTC
I've heard some really egregious bs from guys whose wives went through pregnancy. >_<

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we_got_caught November 21 2011, 20:21:06 UTC
Surprise, surprise, it was written by a man.

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vinylsigns November 21 2011, 21:16:20 UTC
My thoughts exactly

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vanillakokakola November 21 2011, 20:22:10 UTC
WHAT

ABOUT

THE MENZZZ

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sephystabbity November 22 2011, 00:44:04 UTC
MTE.

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