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Evillordexdeath posted...

metroid composite posted...

For all that yes, men can sometimes get small advantages just for being male. (Like grad school applications--if you have a male sounding name on an identical resume you get a small edge; you have to actually get to the point where you have a strong resume, though).

Yes, but women can also get small advantages just for being female. Sex-specific programs and scholarships are an easy example of that. Privilege is a legitimate concept but the politicized ideas of it that assume it's only one way, like "male privilege at the cost of female oppression" are just wrong.

I mean, yes, I agree that gender based privilege is not uniform. (You are correct that gender based scholarships are more often female-only, although I have seen male-only scholarships, they are less common).

For another one, police are generally shittier to men. If there's a domestic dispute, even if it's the man being physically abused, and the man who calls the cops, the police have been known to arrest the man. And in terms of African Americans being shot and killed by the police...far more men than women.

Men who have been raped are generally less likely to be taken seriously.

I would argue the list is longer for ways in which society is shitty towards women, but yes, society is definitely shittier towards men in a number of areas.
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