@MrsTerryPratchett I know you probably have many men visit these forums to cause trouble and write rubbish, my intention wasn't to do that, I was here to learn what Male privilege meant, and came with a open mind, I agree that women have a lot to fight for to have total equality, what I didnt agree with was that privilege is one sided, instead I suggested men and women have different advantages in different walks of life, I was reading through the thread and I agree with a lot of what was said but I thought i’d give my own experiences as a male that went against some of the examples that were being brought forth as male privilege. The only reason I told people I was a man was because it was relevant to the topic because I was talking about my own experiences that went against the grain of what was being said, and the wall of text im sorry about, I have a habit of doing that lol, I wasn't trying to lecture anyone or state my experiences as the right view that everyone should take, I was just coming at the subject from my perspective using my own experiences as a basis to have a conversation and was trying to explain my reasoning as much as possible instead of saying “I don't agree with this,this and this goodbye”
@Mumminmum this will probably be my last post so dont worry im gone after this, I just wanted to defend myself from some assumptions that are being made about my intentions of being here, I came here because I was curious about the subject after hearing someone mention it to me, I find it more beneficial to talk to people that don't necessarily hold the same views as me but are willing to talk and give me their viewpoints and allow me to give my side of events and tell me how im right or wrong, me giving my opinions and feelings on a subject in my opinion isn't a example of male entitlement its just how a discussion works, I don't expect you to agree with what I said and im certainly not expecting anyone to take what I say as fact, everyone in this thread are giving their opinions and feelings on the subject, I just was just doing the same but from the opposite side of the coin and was using some examples given here as things that are said to be male privilege but what I as a male don't find to be true within my life.
@AssassinatedBeauty I have been trying to be polite and engaging while also disagreeing with some things that were being said and was trying to provide evidence using my own experiences to back my views up, I have read up on what has been said before that's why I was agreeing with the pay gap which is totally despicable and dont get how they are debating why a women should be payed less for doing the same amount of work as a man, I also agree women dont have enough protections against violent men and that women are generally overlooked in jobs that are not traditionally viewed as women's professions
@tabulahrasa My mother was taking part in a childcare course, in this course a young man was also also attending, he was a bit of a outsider within the class and out of earshot some people from the class were also discussing why a man would take childcare and how it was a little weird, saying this I have also had first hand experience of being praised for simply being a guy playing with my little nephews which i found incredibly weird at the time and a little condescending but thought I might just be reading into the comment being made way too much and instead just took it as a compliment, but it does back up your statement that men being around children is sometimes seen as praiseworthy when it should instead be seen as normal behaviour that men should exhibit