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the male privilege checklist
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.
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.
3. if i am never promoted, it’s not because of my sex.
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.
5. the odds of my encountering sexual harassment on the job are so low as to be negligible.
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.
7. if i’m a teen or adult, and if i can stay out of prison, my odds of being raped are so low as to be negligible.
8. i am not taught to fear walking alone after dark in average public spaces.
9. if i choose not to have children, my masculinity will not be called into question.
10. if i have children but do not provide primary care for them, my masculinity will not be called into question.
11. if i have children and provide primary care for them, i’ll be praised for extraordinary parenting if i’m even marginally competent.
12. if i have children and pursue a career, no one will think i’m selfish for not staying at home.
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.
14. chances are my elected representatives are mostly people of my own sex. the more prestigious and powerful the elected position, the more likely this is to be true.
15. i can be somewhat sure that if i ask to see “the person in charge,” i will face a person of my own sex. the higher-up in the organization the person is, the surer i can be.
16. as a child, chances are i was encouraged to be more active and outgoing than my sisters.
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 heroes were the default.
18. as a child, chances are i got more teacher attention than girls who raised their hands just as often.
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.
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.
21. if i’m careless with my financial affairs it won’t be attributed to my sex.
22. if i’m careless with my driving it won’t be attributed to my sex.
23. i can speak in public to a large group without putting my sex on trial.
24. if i have sex with a lot of people, it won’t make me an object of contempt or derision.
25. there are value-neutral clothing choices available to me; it is possible for me to choose clothing that doesn’t send any particular message to the world.
26. my wardrobe and grooming are relatively cheap and consume little time.
27. if i buy a new car, chances are i’ll be offered a better price than a woman buying the same car.
28. if i’m not conventionally attractive, the disadvantages are relatively small and easy to ignore.
29. i can be loud with no fear of being called a shrew. i can be aggressive with no fear of being called a bitch.
30. 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.)
31. 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.
32. my ability to make important decisions and my capability in general will never be questioned depending on what time of the month it is.
33. i will never be expected to change my name upon marriage or questioned if i don’t change my name.
34. the decision to hire me will never be based on assumptions about whether or not i might choose to have a family sometime soon.
35. every major religion in the world is led primarily by people of my own sex. even god, in most major religions, is usually pictured as being male.
36. most major religions argue that i should be the head of my household, while my wife and children should be subservient to me.
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. 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 much rarer.
41. i am not expected to spend my entire life 20-40 pounds underweight.
42. if i am heterosexual, it’s incredibly unlikely that i’ll ever be beaten up by a spouse or lover.
43. complete strangers generally do not walk up to me on the street and tell me to “smile.”
44. on average, i am not interrupted by women as often as women are interrupted by men.
45. i have the privilege of being unaware of my male privilege.
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male perspective
i married miss right. i just didn't know her first name was always.
it's not true that married men live longer than single men. it only seems longer.
losing a wife can be hard. in my case, it was almost impossible.
how many men does it take to open a beer? none. it should be opened by the time she brings it to the couch.
women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street bald and still think they are beautiful!
i haven't spoken to my wife for 18 months - i don't like to interrupt her.
a man without a woman is like a fish without a bicycle.
if your wife and a lawyer were drowning and you had to choose, would you go to lunch or to a movie?
a man is incomplete until he is married. after that, he is finished.
why did god give men penises? so we'd have at least one way to shut a woman up.
what's the difference between a pay check and a penis? you don't have to beg a woman to blow your pay check.
how many women does it take to change a light bulb? none, they just sit there in the dark and bitch.
what's the difference between your wife and your job? after 5 years your job will still suck.
what's the best thing about oral sex? ten minutes of silence.
what's the definition of "making love"? something a woman does while a guy is banging her.
one golfer tells another: "hey, guess what! i got a set of golf clubs for my wife!" the other replies: "great trade!"
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if your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the front door, who do you let in first?
the dog, of course . . . at least he'll shut up after you let him in!
how do you know when a women's about to say something smart?
when she starts her sentence with, "a man once told me...."
why do japanese sumo wrestlers shave their legs?
so you can tell them apart from the feminists.
bigamy is having one wife too many.
some say monogamy is the same.
do you know the punishment for bigamy?
two mothers-in-law.
young son: "is it true, dad, i heard that in some parts of africa a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?" dad: that happens in every country, son.
a man inserted an advertisement in the classified: "wife wanted." the next day he received a hundred letters. they all said the same thing: "you can have mine."
why are hangovers better than women?
hangovers will go away.
women are like guns, keep one around long enough and your going to want to shoot it.
a man meets a genie. the genie tells him he can have whatever he wishes, provided that his mother- in-law gets double. the man thinks for a minute and then says, "ok, give me a million dollars and then beat me half to death."
what do you do when the dishwasher quits working?
slap the bitch and tell her to get back to work..
what does a 75 year old woman have between her breasts that a 25 year old doesn't ?
her navel.
why are hurricanes normally named after women ?
when they come they're wild and wet, but when they go they take your house and car with them. ................
