Guilty of being Grateful

[brickhousewench]

I was going to write a post about what I’m grateful for, because the other day malterre made a post about what she’s grateful for in response to an Everyday Feminism post that she couldn’t find (I suspect it was this one about everyday class privilege). But then I found and read that Everyday Feminism post, and now I’m not feeling grateful any more, I’m

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[malterre]

That was the post from EF-good job on finding it! Don't feel guilty, just pass on some good stuff!

And thanks for thse links

[brickhousewench]

It was pretty easy to find the other day with Google. And then today? It was on the home page in like three different places!

[guy_todd]

And I really resent this movement to make me feel bad about myself because I’m a white, heterosexual, middle-class woman

How do think I feel as a cis-gendered straight white male? I'm W-A-Y more privilege-shamed than you! *wallows* ;-) ¡JK!

On the serious side:
As far as I’m concerned, there is no reason why encountering a feminist should lead to PTSD levels of emotional trauma in anyone

When my ex-wife's nephew came home from his freshman year at Clark in Worcester he was literally stumbling around with head down spouting this type rhetoric. I actually heard him say something like, "I'm horrible. As a white male I am responsible for all this country's lower-paid women/oppression/racism/etc".
I wanted to dope-slap him at first, but realized the terrific brain-washing he must have endured. :(

[brickhousewench]

the terrific brain-washing he must have endured

The articles I'm reading about higher education these days are really starting to worry me. If we use the tactics of the enemy while fighting something, we BECOME the enemy. =(

[guy_todd]

So I would ask the privilge-shamers what the CGSWM should do to balance things out:
Should I-

• Spend lots of time tanning in hopes I get profiled next time I drive downtown?
• Give up my fairly well-paying job (which allows me to pay taxes and donate to charities) or ask for a reduction in pay to what a woman might make?
• Become all verklempt about my sexuality?
• Come over all gay a la Cary Grant?
• Chop off the oppressive, rape-engendering male junk and live as a woman?

[brickhousewench]

Right there with you brother. I'm about as liberal as they come, try not to oppress anyone, support equality for everyone (down with toxic masculinity! wear a kilt and be a stay at home dad if that's what makes you happy!), and have friends all across the LGBTQ spectrum. Which is why reading this stuff makes me so frustrated. I don't know what exactly one is supposed to do about one's privilege once one is aware of it either.

All I know is that having it is bad, and there's no way to get rid of it.