Male Privilege, helpfully explained by a white dude

[cinnabonbon]

299. this is like intersectionality in action.

Nope. I never said I advocate for "all women", as you claim. I advocate for human rights, which is what feminism is at its core. I simply choose not to speak over the real voices of those who are oppressed in different ways than me. Certain allies are too fond of speaking too much. I am sure you've met them. The white men that say they have a black friend, so they now believe they know all about racism and use this as a tool to dominate discussions.

As for your response, your core message is very negative and conservative: "Other people have it worse, so be quiet about what is wrong in your part of the world." That's not how it works. We have time to discuss both, but not at the same time. Plus, if we're not allowed to talk about flaws in the rich world, we're never going to be able to improve it to the benefit of us all.

The reason I said it was derailing was because I was hoping you would take the hint: this is a complicated subject you're talking about, and deserves its own post where more people can see it. It shouldn't piggyback on some post that has nothing to do with it, simply because you have some sort of grudge towards feminists. Make a post about poverty and see how many agrees with you, I bet that will be encouraging! We might even get some good African literature recommendations out of it.

Yep, she was. But she was still brown and a woman, living in Africa so she ought to know something about male privilege and white privilege. And there has been some great books written about her that are quite fun to read. I will follow the link you gave me, thanks! I bet it will be interesting. --And I see now that there's films linked in the description, so that might be good.