Over the past couple of weeks we have been on the topic of privilege, which is something that has been around for hundreds of years. From whites and blacks to even men and women there has been always some sort of privilege in some form. One of the readings that was interesting was “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”. It has been twenty years since Peggy McIntoch wrote this article, and every thing that she has written is still relevant today. Right away in the beginning of her article she talks about how women don’t have the same privilege’s as men. That topic has been around for hundreds of years from not being able to vote to not being able to get the same education as a man. She make’s this statement within her article, “They
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Historically peoples sexual orientation has always been an issue. From WWII when hitler would put anyone that was gay or lesbian into the same concentration camps as the jews. While the jews privileges during this time were terrible, religion privileges are a hold different topic to discuss over. Although religion is something that has effected people who are gay or lesbian from having the privilege to join many a churches. Due to the fact that many religions believe that only a man and a women are allowed to marry one another. I tend to believe that within the article “Oppression” by Marilyn Frye, that oppression is something that people who are gay or lesbian experience. In the article it states, “The experience of oppressed people is that the living of one’s like is confined and shaped and by forces and barriers which are not accidental or occasional and hence avoidable, but are systematically related to each other in such way as to catch one between and among them restrict or penalize motion in any direction.” (Frye 151) What I take from this statement and imply it towards sexual orientation privileges is this. People who are gay or lesbian are effected by society to feel confined and shaped to believe that they shouldn’t feel comfortable to be able to come out saying they are gay or lesbian. Which doesn’t give gay or lesbian people the same privileges that straight people receive, when they want to tell people who they love. I do believe that there needs to be a greater change in this category on giving people the same privileges over sexual
Historically peoples sexual orientation has always been an issue. From WWII when hitler would put anyone that was gay or lesbian into the same concentration camps as the jews. While the jews privileges during this time were terrible, religion privileges are a hold different topic to discuss over. Although religion is something that has effected people who are gay or lesbian from having the privilege to join many a churches. Due to the fact that many religions believe that only a man and a women are allowed to marry one another. I tend to believe that within the article “Oppression” by Marilyn Frye, that oppression is something that people who are gay or lesbian experience. In the article it states, “The experience of oppressed people is that the living of one’s like is confined and shaped and by forces and barriers which are not accidental or occasional and hence avoidable, but are systematically related to each other in such way as to catch one between and among them restrict or penalize motion in any direction.” (Frye 151) What I take from this statement and imply it towards sexual orientation privileges is this. People who are gay or lesbian are effected by society to feel confined and shaped to believe that they shouldn’t feel comfortable to be able to come out saying they are gay or lesbian. Which doesn’t give gay or lesbian people the same privileges that straight people receive, when they want to tell people who they love. I do believe that there needs to be a greater change in this category on giving people the same privileges over sexual