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In reply to the discussion: "Man-bashing." My favorite DU pule. [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)to first wag a finger at the privileged. Shame on them for being privileged. Then to wag a finger at the people who do not believe they are privileged. Shame on them for trying to "dodge" the facts by talking about their own unprivileged lives.
The OP starts out bashing people who "whine thinly" when every problem is blamed on MEN, or negative sweeping generalizations are made about MEN.
First line of the OP
"The staggering, flatly embarrassing ignorance of unconscious privilege."
Nope, no finger wagging there.
And your response "yes to every point you made".
But yes, if a variable is fairly insigificant then it really does not merit any discussion at all. Because then male privilege is not at all like "being born on 3rd base" it is more like "being born six inches past home plate". And if some people end up on third and others get thrown out halfway to first, it is a little bit absurd to call it "being born on 3rd base".
Yes, sure, being born male is such a privilege that 17.7 out of 100,000 opted to end their own privileged lives. Compared to 4.5 out of 100,000 females in the US. Apparently they just did not realize how privileged they are.