I am a college student in 2018. I’ve heard the words “Male Privilege” more than a few times. I’ve heard numerous arguments for its existence as well. I’m not convinced. Believe me, I am sympathetic to the problems women face in this country and on campus. There is a conversation to be had about the prevalence of sexual assault on college campuses as well as other issues unique to women of which men will not have to face in their lives. However, to point to those issues and declare unequivocally that men, as a class, are privileged is ignorant of the realities that men face and the advantages that women possess. Not only that, “Male privilege” is an idea based mostly on statistically incorrect or misinterpreted issues. Most prominent is the
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Young girls are receiving a massive wave of support to succeed, get good grades, graduate and enter new fields. They are being pushed to become engineers, doctors, chemists…but when was the last time someone made a national effort to tell a young boy to get out there and make the world his own. I don’t see it happening, personally or statistically. Young girls are outperforming young boys in all levels of education: elementary, middle and high school. They are being held back less, being suspended less and outnumber boys in enrollment in a number of AP subjects. They are even being placed into gifted and talented education programs at a greater rate than young boys. All of this comes straight from the US Department of Education. I don’t and would never have a problem with encouraging young girls to succeed, but to ignore young boys in the process is unacceptable. I didn’t know any of these facts until I researched them and I suspect not many people would. It is not an issue we pay attention to or direct our efforts on. It is …show more content…
As I stated, women are dominating all levels of education and, even in the workforce, women are on a sharp upswing. Over the past 65 years, women have gone from 18.4 million in the workforce in 1950 to 73.5 million in 2015 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On the other hand, male participation in the labor force has decreased from 1990 at 75% to 2017 at 68% according to the International Labour Organization. Women are not suffering in the way that the left would suggest. I would never argue that they haven’t faced problems and inequalities in the past, but to say that they are institutionally disadvantaged compared to men or that men are privileged or part of a “Patriarchy” is logically and statistically inaccurate. There are plenty of problems women face and I hope to confront and evaluate those in a future article, but nothing I’ve seen can prove the existence of “Male Privilege”
The concept of “Male Privilege” is just part of a larger mindset the left has, a dangerous mindset. The world can be easily viewed as this against that, men against women, whites against blacks…but in the end, that only leads to someone being ignored. When “Male Privilege” is believed in and prioritized, men can suffer and be left behind. We can see it in our young boys, our higher education, our prisons…Women have been on a thriving trend over the past decades, but with the concept of “Male
Young girls are receiving a massive wave of support to succeed, get good grades, graduate and enter new fields. They are being pushed to become engineers, doctors, chemists…but when was the last time someone made a national effort to tell a young boy to get out there and make the world his own. I don’t see it happening, personally or statistically. Young girls are outperforming young boys in all levels of education: elementary, middle and high school. They are being held back less, being suspended less and outnumber boys in enrollment in a number of AP subjects. They are even being placed into gifted and talented education programs at a greater rate than young boys. All of this comes straight from the US Department of Education. I don’t and would never have a problem with encouraging young girls to succeed, but to ignore young boys in the process is unacceptable. I didn’t know any of these facts until I researched them and I suspect not many people would. It is not an issue we pay attention to or direct our efforts on. It is …show more content…
As I stated, women are dominating all levels of education and, even in the workforce, women are on a sharp upswing. Over the past 65 years, women have gone from 18.4 million in the workforce in 1950 to 73.5 million in 2015 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On the other hand, male participation in the labor force has decreased from 1990 at 75% to 2017 at 68% according to the International Labour Organization. Women are not suffering in the way that the left would suggest. I would never argue that they haven’t faced problems and inequalities in the past, but to say that they are institutionally disadvantaged compared to men or that men are privileged or part of a “Patriarchy” is logically and statistically inaccurate. There are plenty of problems women face and I hope to confront and evaluate those in a future article, but nothing I’ve seen can prove the existence of “Male Privilege”
The concept of “Male Privilege” is just part of a larger mindset the left has, a dangerous mindset. The world can be easily viewed as this against that, men against women, whites against blacks…but in the end, that only leads to someone being ignored. When “Male Privilege” is believed in and prioritized, men can suffer and be left behind. We can see it in our young boys, our higher education, our prisons…Women have been on a thriving trend over the past decades, but with the concept of “Male