Reply #209: hmmm, let's see

[guitar man]

....if any of these apply to me personally. I know it's supposed to be a broad based list, but just for fun, let's see how male privelege has treated me personally ;)

1. My odds of being hired for a job, when competing against female applicants, are probably skewed in my favor. The more prestigious the job, the larger the odds are skewed.

Maybe in the past and I wasn't aware of it, but on my current job, the opposite was true when it came time for me to be promoted. The next step up the ladder from where I was took me into a division of the company that is dominated by women and they were running a pretty tight knit club. If my first name wasn't Leslie, I might not have gotten the job. :D

2. I can be confident that my co-workers won’t think I got my job because of my sex - even though that might be true. (More).

some of my co-workers joke that I'm one of the "token males" in my division of the company


3. If I am never promoted, it’s not because of my sex.

right now it would be because everyone above me is holding on to their jobs for dear life


4. If I fail in my job or career, I can feel sure this won’t be seen as a black mark against my entire sex’s capabilities.

True dat, if I fail, I'm just another garden variety loser


5. I am far less likely to face sexual harassment at work than my female co-workers are. (More).

True....I wish I could get harassed every once in a while though....:evilgrin:



6. If I do the same task as a woman, and if the measurement is at all subjective, chances are people will think I did a better job.

Not at this company....see #1


7. If I’m a teen or adult, and if I can stay out of prison, my odds of being raped are relatively low. (More).

Agreed, women are more susceptible to attack unfortunately.


8. On average, I am taught to fear walking alone after dark in average public spaces much less than my female counterparts are.

That's because I'm a bad mutha :D


9. If I choose not to have children, my masculinity will not be called into question.

maybe not, but my mother hounded me relentlessly for 20 years until we finally did


10. If I have children but do not provide primary care for them, my masculinity will not be called into question.

no, but my wife would make my life a living hell if I didn't...trust me on this one



11. If I have children and provide primary care for them, I’ll be praised for extraordinary parenting if I’m even marginally competent. (More).

yeah, right. "marginally compotent" to her just don't cut it. Again, big redhead woman makes gtrman's life a living hell. In fact, she's got the edge here. If she puts baby down for a nap in just a diaper, she's got the reasons and excuses all worked out. If I do the same, I get my ass chewed out. I'm getting screwed by a double standard on this one. :(


12. If I have children and a career, no one will think I’m selfish for not staying at home.

Agreed



13. If I seek political office, my relationship with my children, or who I hire to take care of them, will probably not be scrutinized by the press.

since I've never run for office, I'll refrain on this one


14. My elected representatives are mostly people of my own sex. The more prestigious and powerful the elected position, the more this is true.

Agreed

15. When I ask to see “the person in charge,” odds are I will face a person of my own sex. The higher-up in the organization the person is, the surer I can be.

lately, when I've asked for the person in charge, I have wound up being put on perpetual hold by someone overseas :(


16. As a child, chances are I was encouraged to be more active and outgoing than my sisters. (More).

haha, you don't know my sisters....especially the youngest one.Outgoing is quite the understatement


17. As a child, I could choose from an almost infinite variety of children’s media featuring positive, active, non-stereotyped heroes of my own sex. I never had to look for it; male protagonists were (and are) the default.

you mean comic books? yeah, just about all of the heroes were male...but I really dug Wonder Woman :thumbsup:



18. As a child, chances are I got more teacher attention than girls who raised their hands just as often. (More).

In my small rural school, the kids that got the most attention belonged to the families that owned the most around those parts. Male or female, money ruled the day


19. If my day, week or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether or not it has sexist overtones.

Agreed



20. I can turn on the television or glance at the front page of the newspaper and see people of my own sex widely represented, every day, without exception.

I always seem to turn it on in the morning right when "The View" comes on :rofl:


21. If I’m careless with my financial affairs it won’t be attributed to my sex.

no, I just get called a dumbass for that one :D



22. If I’m careless with my driving it won’t be attributed to my sex.

true...but I do pay a higher insurance rate


23. I can speak in public to a large group without putting my sex on trial.

I can't speak to large groups, scares the crap out of me...but I can play guitar and sing to them like crazy. :headbang:


24. Even if I sleep with a lot of women, there is no chance that I will be seriously labeled a “slut,” nor is there any male counterpart to “slut-bashing.” (More).

Agreed. the double standard fell on our side of the line on this one

25. I do not have to worry about the message my wardrobe sends about my sexual availability or my gender conformity. (More).

Oh yeah? you ought to see my cute little butt in these jeans :evilgrin:

and I disagree about the gender conformity part. A woman could put on the jeans I'm wearing without a second thought, but if I were to walk down the street in a dress, I'd damn sure be called to question in people's minds about gender conformity.


26. My clothing is typically less expensive and better-constructed than women’s clothing for the same social status. While I have fewer options, my clothes will probably fit better than a woman’s without tailoring. (More).

most of my clothing makes people look for the cup to drop a quarter in :rofl:

27. The grooming regimen expected of me is relatively cheap and consumes little time. (More).

True,mostly we just wash, comb and go, but for us wire-bearded types, shaving can be a real bitch



28. If I buy a new car, chances are I’ll be offered a better price than a woman buying the same car. (More).

Interesting, haven't tested this one yet, I'll remember next time we car shop and see what happens...should be enlightening.


29. If I’m not conventionally attractive, the disadvantages are relatively small and easy to ignore.

oh really? I disagree, looks can be everything whether you're a man or woman. I know back when I was single I got shot out of the saddle more than a few times by much better looking guys than me.



30. I can be loud with no fear of being called a shrew. I can be aggressive with no fear of being called a bitch.

I believe the common term for a male is "obnoxious asshole"

31. I can ask for legal protection from violence that happens mostly to men without being seen as a selfish special interest, since that kind of violence is called “crime” and is a general social concern. (Violence that happens mostly to women is usually called “domestic violence” or “acquaintance rape,” and is seen as a special interest issue.)

that's something that really should be addressed in the political arena, crime should be crime no matter what sex is the victim.

32. I can be confident that the ordinary language of day-to-day existence will always include my sex. “All men are created equal,” mailman, chairman, freshman, he.

never really thought of that as a privelege, I could care less what they're called

33. My ability to make important decisions and my capability in general will never be questioned depending on what time of the month it is.

True, I get questioned constantly about that stuff no matter what time of the month it is :rofl:

34. I will never be expected to change my name upon marriage or questioned if I don’t change my name.

True. I told my wife before we were married to do as she wished in that regard, never pressured her to take my name

35. The decision to hire me will never be based on assumptions about whether or not I might choose to have a family sometime soon.

True

36. Every major religion in the world is led primarily by people of my own sex. Even God, in most major religions, is pictured as male.

Fuck religion, it's responsible for 99.9% of the problems in the world today IMO

37. Most major religions argue that I should be the head of my household, while my wife and children should be subservient to me.

once again, fuck religion

38. If I have a wife or live-in girlfriend, chances are we’ll divide up household chores so that she does most of the labor, and in particular the most repetitive and unrewarding tasks. (More).

on what planet?

39. If I have children with a wife or girlfriend, chances are she’ll do most of the childrearing, and in particular the most dirty, repetitive and unrewarding parts of childrearing.

trust me, I've changed hundreds or maybe thousands of dirty diapers over the last 25 months, washed my fair share of baby clothes, put suppositories in her butt when she was sick etc etc. done it all. Now a lot of my friends might refer to me as "superdad" but dammit, I earned that one. And her mom still doesn't cut me any slack

40. If I have children with a wife or girlfriend, and it turns out that one of us needs to make career sacrifices to raise the kids, chances are we’ll both assume the career sacrificed should be hers.

I'd drop mine in a hot minute and stay home with baby girl if she lands a job paying in the ballpark of what I'm making...in a heartbeat

41. Magazines, billboards, television, movies, pornography, and virtually all of media is filled with images of scantily-clad women intended to appeal to me sexually. Such images of men exist, but are rarer.

yeah, and they always way too skinny women....I want to see some meat on dem bones:evilgrin:

42. In general, I am under much less pressure to be thin than my female counterparts are. (More). If I am fat, I probably suffer fewer social and economic consequences for being fat than fat women do. (More).

true...except from my mom, she's always ragging my brother and I both about our weight

43. If I am heterosexual, it’s incredibly unlikely that I’ll ever be beaten up by a spouse or lover. (More).

you haven't met Mrs Gtrman, have you? :scared: :D

44. Complete strangers generally do not walk up to me on the street and tell me to “smile.” (More: 1 2).

True...they usually just look right through me like I'm not there :(


45. On average, I am not interrupted by women as often as women are interrupted by men.

once again,you haven't met Mrs Gtrman, have you? Her mom once said she would probably interrupt the rapture:rofl: :rofl:


46. I have the privilege of being unaware of my male privilege.

I'm unaware that life has just handed me a shitload of priveleges. I've been comical in most of my responses, but about this, I'm dead serious. Just because I'm a white male, doors of opportunity haven't flown open for me with a bunch of execs to greet me and hand me the key to the executive washroom, penthouse suite and company limo. I'm just the son of a common long-haul trucker from a common family without a lot of money and it's been a goddamn hard-knock life for me for a lot of my 44 year journey in this world. When I was homeless back in the mid-80s and living on the street in a junky van, nobody gave a damn what my sex or color was, Reaganomics was an equal opportunity destroyer for a lot of people. You want to really look at privelege these days, follow the money, especially the inherited kind.I had to fight my way out of there and have fought every day since to keep from going back there. No handouts and precious little help along the way, just rolling out of bed at 5:30am one day at a time and working my ass off. If that's undue privelege, that's a new one on me

Have a great day :)