this is female privilege

female privilege is always having the final say in reproduction… always.

http://heartiste.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/why-are-feminists-against-the-male-pill/ 

edit: i don’t like his explanation of “feminine women…” however what he talks about in the article is still relevant i think.

mashkwi:

spacedoutsparrow:

• To live longer
• To have lower suicide rates
• To have reproductive rights
• To have more than one birth control option
• To be able to debate that the male birth control pill is a women’s rights issue
• To be able to decide to be a mother and force a man to be a father
• To have the courts favour you in child custody cases
• To receive minority privileges despite being part of the majority
• To receive scholarship based on sex and not credentials
• To have higher college/university admission averages
• To complain about low amounts of female engineers and voluntarily take a social science degree
• To have significantly lower workplace deaths and accidents
• To work fewer hours on average than men and complain you are underpaid
• To be able to play the victim regardless of who was the aggressor
• To enslave men through chivalry and but still want to be be treated equally
• To demand male-free “safe zones” but still be treated like a fully capable adult
• To say objectifying women is wrong and then objectify men without hesitation
• To complain about lack of strong female characters in the media and totally ignore the overwhelming amount of poor male characters at the same time
• To have lower physical standards to enter the workplace
• To say female genital mutilation is wrong but have no issue with male circumcision
• To receive the right to vote without fighting in any wars
• To say that the draft is an invalid argument because it was abolished, but still use not having the right to vote as an argument
• To not be thought of as a rapist before a person
• To have lower rape victim rates than men if prison rapes are included in statistics
• To be able to speak of misogyny but call someone speaking of misandry “sexist”
• To spew hate speech against men and still claim misandry doesn’t exist
• To have your gender specific rights group to called “progressive” and call another gender rights group “sexist” for doing essentially the same thing for a different gender
• To never take the initiative to change anything and still complain about being oppressed
• To say every female privilege is just benevolent sexism and still accept it
• To say you’re oppressed but to have numerous advantages over your “oppressors”

I’m not saying that women don’t have their own struggles and I am not saying that men always have it worse. All I am saying is claiming to be oppressed at every bend and deny your privilege exist must be nice.

It must be nice to be a woman.

It must be nice.

Being a woman is fucking nice. I wouldn’t trade my gender if I could. 

legalizeforeskin answered your question: I genuinely don’t understand women who have this…

I can’t answer this question for you b/c I’m not a woman. I do think that you should stay focused on the advantages women do have instead.

Unfortunately I haven’t been receiving any submissions :/

xistentialtheory answered your question: I genuinely don’t understand women who have this…

Because society has taught them that if they do get hurt while doing these things, it’s ALL THEIR FAULT.

Okay I’ve heard that reason a lot but I don’t see it happening as often IRL as people make it seem.

I genuinely don’t understand women who have this chronic fear of being outside or around men.

I mean I know there are women all over the world who have been given a reason to be afraid. And though it’s terrible, it’s completely justified.

But for the rest of you… what is with the fear? I mean it’s realistic to be cautious when out in public because you should always be cautious no matter who you are. But seriously as long as you are confident in your ability to defend yourself why do you need to be afraid of simple things like walking to the bus stop and stuff?

And if you aren’t confident… shit, take a self defense class! I just think most “fear” that women faced is completely irrational.

Thoughts?

just-smith:

…is like saying you’re a member of PETA if you think animals should be treated ethically, you’re a Christian if you believe in forgiveness, or you’re a socialist if you believe in equality.

Nobody has a monopoly on these ideas. Some groups who preach them are hypocritical about it, or otherwise problematic, and so we can reject them even if we agree with these principles. 

We can choose our own labels, thank you.

you-might-be-a-feminist:

You think that male privilege is real but any female privileges are actually more sexism.

I just want to say I think it is great what this blog is doing. I am in a tough spot because I’ve always supported the concept of equality and treating all living beings the same. Somehow on tumblr though I found this corner of the blogosphere dedicated to complaining about how males have this unwritten privilege that somehow applies to each and ever man. I was shocked the way these people talked. When I tried messaging the blog owner I was met with a cynical hostility. I was called a tiny bitch and a misogynist and told I was trying to silence them. I was then posted on their blog and had their followers instructed to send me hate mail and report me. I asked several questions and was replied to with childish responses. Things like “wah wah, is ur wittle male ego bruised?” And then coming here I see people are messaging you with the same concepts. That “privilege doesn’t exist for females! we are all oppressed and you are a sexist for creating this blog.” I think it is ridiculous.

I am just in a tough position because I don’t know how/what to feel. I’ve always identified as a liberal but these people I see are just extremists. They’re like a self righteous hate group.

Anyways, this ends my rant.

ednawings:

powerlesbian:

thisisfemaleprivilege:

Female privilege is having a popular movement for your rights (feminism) whereas men’s rights groups are basically treated like woman-hating nutters.

because men lack ~*~*so many rights lol sit down dumbass

This is definitely going to make me sound ignorant, but please enlightenment as to what rights men are lacking? I honestly don’t know and the better alternative to ignorance is knowledge… so knowledge me up baby. 

Update:  I did use google… no help. 

http://www.safercampus.org/blog/2011/03/essential-concepts-how-patriarchy-and-rape-culture-hurt-men/

http://www.alternet.org/story/147626/5_stupid,_unfair_and_sexist_things_expected_of_men