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guy@piefed.social 21 hours agoYes, and that’s the point with male privilege? It’s an advantage without any other reason than the holder being male.
Raising women to hold the same privilege is the same as removing it for men, if everyone has it it’s not a privilege.
I think this is why the equality in society moves forward too slowly, not necessarily because men don’t want women to have equal rights and opportunities, but as you said the privileged are defensive because they don’t want to lose their privileges.
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 19 hours ago
Stop argum’ing semmantics and understand what they’re saying! This is about communication, not being technically correct.
FFS, your post is exactly portraying the problem.
You even use a much better word: equality. Yet argue in favor of using a less effective word… Truly sad.
Lemmynated@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Stop arguing semantics and accept their argument of semantics!
FFS the cognitive dissonance is dizzying.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
This is about being technically correct
guy@piefed.social 17 hours ago
Semantics are important and I do understand what they are saying. Did you read my comment?
This for example. Male privilege is something men shouldn’t have since it’s based entirely on gender. So the privilege teeds to be abolished for equality to happen.
And as I said, of course men gets defensive when its problematized and put in the spotlight, you may support equality but who wants to lose their advantages? 🤷
Ironically enough your comment also focused on the semantics instead of the issue at hand.. :)
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 11 hours ago
No, it’s really not a privilege, espwcially for any non-rich, not cleaned up white man. It’s what should be the minimum respect people are given for being conscious beings.
guy@piefed.social 10 hours ago
I’m not sure what you’re talking about?
What is not a privilege and how does it relate to a minimum level of respect?