I Am A Proud Part Of The Unavoidable Revival Of Patriarchy
[center][big][c=#003BB2]The truth about Male Privilege[/c][/big][/center]
I hear about the concept of “male privilege” quite a lot. It’s something you become intimately familiar with when trying to navigate the world through the lens of feminism, and even having chosen to walk away from that past life these two words still have power.
They have been presented as the name of some true and ultimate enemy, practically spat from the lips of women who come across a challenge they cannot overcome and have softly bubbled underneath the surface of every argument for gender equality.
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[i]Facts from: The Bastiat Institute[/i][/center]
In a society bound to traditional gender roles, the concept may have been observed as a curiosity but wouldn’t have required a specific name or terminology to describe it. In a world of traditional gender roles, “male privilege” is perfectly and beautifully counter balanced by “female privilege”.
[big][i][c=#BF0080]Women once had a great many privileges in life.[/c][/i][/big]
We were blessed with the ability to focus on the emotional welfare of our loved ones more so than our male counterparts who, through the necessity of being our leaders and providers, were unable to dedicate the same amount of time and energy to the practice. We were gifted with being primary providers domestically and emotionally, while men were gifted with being the primary providers and decision makers in all other aspects of life.
We had the privilege of protection. Our peers would protect us, society shielded us and the men in our lives would try to save us from our worst impulses. We were permitted to admit that we were, at times, far too sensitive and emotional to make rational, sensible decisions and we had the privilege of being able to entrust those decisions to another who had more experience, was more worldly and had our better interests at heart.
We had the privilege of creating environments that fit with our aesthetic tastes. We were quite often the interior decorators of our abode, entrusted with knowing how to balance comfort, convenience and practicality across spaces to create a sanctuary locked away from the outside world and whatever may be lurking beyond the front door. Men may have been the head of the household, but we had the privilege of ensuring it was a home.
The list could go on for days, and for every privilege women once had in society there is a single, observable and indisputable truth.
[big][i][c=#BF0080]Men did not rob us of our privileges. We did this to ourselves.[/c][/i][/big]
We squandered our privileges, turned our back on our traditional responsibilities and burnt the entitlements we were once gifted with.
If you were to write a list in full of all the privileges we abandoned, eventually you will come to the one that feminists cling to and try to carry forward.
Feminism wants desperately to keep this privilege, but without the circumstances required to make it a logical outcome of the societies in which we live.
“Male Privilege” is an extremely effective slogan used to obfuscate the true objective of the concept within the feminist movement.
It truly amazes me that with all the damage we have done there are still men who are willing to forgive. There are still men in this world who are ready to step in and not only try to save us women from ourselves but to try and fix the disastrous mistakes we have made.
[big][i][c=#7700B2]There are men patiently waiting for us to listen to reason, to allow them to restore our privileges instead of dismantling them.[/c][/i][/big]
[big][i][c=#BF0080]For that alone men deserve every privilege life may afford them. 💕[/c][/i][/big]
I hear about the concept of “male privilege” quite a lot. It’s something you become intimately familiar with when trying to navigate the world through the lens of feminism, and even having chosen to walk away from that past life these two words still have power.
They have been presented as the name of some true and ultimate enemy, practically spat from the lips of women who come across a challenge they cannot overcome and have softly bubbled underneath the surface of every argument for gender equality.
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[i]Facts from: The Bastiat Institute[/i][/center]In a society bound to traditional gender roles, the concept may have been observed as a curiosity but wouldn’t have required a specific name or terminology to describe it. In a world of traditional gender roles, “male privilege” is perfectly and beautifully counter balanced by “female privilege”.
[big][i][c=#BF0080]Women once had a great many privileges in life.[/c][/i][/big]
We were blessed with the ability to focus on the emotional welfare of our loved ones more so than our male counterparts who, through the necessity of being our leaders and providers, were unable to dedicate the same amount of time and energy to the practice. We were gifted with being primary providers domestically and emotionally, while men were gifted with being the primary providers and decision makers in all other aspects of life.
We had the privilege of protection. Our peers would protect us, society shielded us and the men in our lives would try to save us from our worst impulses. We were permitted to admit that we were, at times, far too sensitive and emotional to make rational, sensible decisions and we had the privilege of being able to entrust those decisions to another who had more experience, was more worldly and had our better interests at heart.
We had the privilege of creating environments that fit with our aesthetic tastes. We were quite often the interior decorators of our abode, entrusted with knowing how to balance comfort, convenience and practicality across spaces to create a sanctuary locked away from the outside world and whatever may be lurking beyond the front door. Men may have been the head of the household, but we had the privilege of ensuring it was a home.
The list could go on for days, and for every privilege women once had in society there is a single, observable and indisputable truth.
[big][i][c=#BF0080]Men did not rob us of our privileges. We did this to ourselves.[/c][/i][/big]
We squandered our privileges, turned our back on our traditional responsibilities and burnt the entitlements we were once gifted with.
If you were to write a list in full of all the privileges we abandoned, eventually you will come to the one that feminists cling to and try to carry forward.
Feminism wants desperately to keep this privilege, but without the circumstances required to make it a logical outcome of the societies in which we live.
“Male Privilege” is an extremely effective slogan used to obfuscate the true objective of the concept within the feminist movement.
It truly amazes me that with all the damage we have done there are still men who are willing to forgive. There are still men in this world who are ready to step in and not only try to save us women from ourselves but to try and fix the disastrous mistakes we have made.
[big][i][c=#7700B2]There are men patiently waiting for us to listen to reason, to allow them to restore our privileges instead of dismantling them.[/c][/i][/big]
[big][i][c=#BF0080]For that alone men deserve every privilege life may afford them. 💕[/c][/i][/big]
