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In reply to the discussion: After being called an MRA here numerous times, I decided to try define that term [View all]nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)Hence why the notion that a working-class man - such as those who died in Vietnam, or those who suffer crippling on-the-job injuries - has greater privilege than a middle-class, college-educated woman, is demonstrably false. But I would hope that no one but a few sheltered, insular academic feminists actually believes said notion.
What complicates things is that nearly all of us, on a relative scale, possess greater privilege than some people and less than others. Which isn't to say that ideas like "male privilege" or "white privilege" can't be discussed as generalities - they certainly can - but they don't apply to all people, at all times, the exact same way.
And I realize that my comments in this thread may seem somewhat vague and contradictory, but I really am trying to put together a coherent argument which nonetheless acknowledges the nuances of the real world. You seem intent on proving that women aren't disadvantaged relative to men, which may be true in some instances, but as a sweeping generalization requires (IMO) a very selective view of things.