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In reply to the discussion: "Man-bashing." My favorite DU pule. [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)You can fill in the blank if you like and pretend that's my answer, but that doesn't mean it has any validity whatsoever. It's nothing more than strawman rhetoric that builds the strawman by pretending the answer you provided for me is what you wanted and then argues on that behalf burning the strawman down and claiming victory. It's an example of intellectual dishonesty.
There's plenty of intelligent discussion on the disadvantages boys face in school and the results speak for themselves. Claiming it doesn't exist is certainly a response, but not a particularly meaningful one. Claiming I have "NO idea" is no better. Just because you claim I'm wrong and offer no evidence to support your assertion doesn't mean I'm wrong. It just means you disagree. Claiming your opinions are authoritative and immediately disqualify my own is another example of intellectual dishonesty. For the record, I never claimed you were wrong.
I provided you with numerous examples of exactly what you asked for. Privilege means one gets an advantage the other doesn't. That's how it's defined. If you want to talk gender and privilege, it's impossible to identify a positive for one that isn't a negative for the other. Asking me to provide an answer to you that is impossible from a fully literate standpoint is not good faith discussion. You can't provide a net positive for men that isn't a net negative for women either under the context of privilege.