Male and Female Privilege

Fol­low­ing on from yesterday’s post on white priv­i­lege, here are two fur­ther lists on male and female privilege:

The Male Priv­i­lege Checklist

• I will never be expected to change my name upon mar­riage or ques­tioned if I don’t change my name.
• If I have chil­dren but do not pro­vide pri­mary care for them, my mas­culin­ity will not be called into question.
• 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.

Female Priv­i­lege

• My role in my child’s life is gen­er­ally seen as more impor­tant than the child’s father’s role.
• Most peo­ple in soci­ety prob­a­bly will not see my over­all wor­thi­ness as a per­son being exclu­sively tied to how high up in the hier­ar­chy I rise.
• I am given much greater lat­i­tude to form close, inti­mate friend­ships than a man is.