Examples Of Male Privilege

Are you privileged?
Have you ever thought about the privileges you have? Or the ones others have that perhaps you lack? You might be surprised at the amount of privileges that others have. There are different things that are taken into considerations when defining the privileges a certain person may have. For example their race, age, ethnicity, social class and many other factors come into hand.
The first article, “White Privilege and Male Privilege” convers the idea that people who are white have more privileges than most people who are not. For many years there has always been problems with others races thinking that the white men are the most powerful. To an extant this belief has been seen to be true not only are whites seen as the most powerful but as the ones to be treated the best whit little struggle compared to other races. They have …show more content…
Women of another race are not able to have the same privileges that a white male might have or any male. Some privileges are given simply because that person happens to be a male or happens to be white but other privileges are given because of hard work. While some people will earn their privilege there are many that are just given things to them because they happen to meet the criteria. Peggy Mclntosh writes, “I want, then, to distinguish between earned strength and unearned power conferred systemically. Power from unearned privilege can look like strength when it is, in fact, permission to escape or to dominate.” We may not think that we are under privilege because this is not something we think about every day or it could be because most know that in the hierarchy white men are at the top. They might not admit it because to some their privileges are not even seen as a privilege because they are not aware that others don’t have the same opportunities. They are not aware because they socialize with others from the same class with the same