Very basic, obvious examples of male privilege please?

Oh well... for that case, some men think they are entitled make pathetic excuses for behaviour which he knows may upset women. The patheticness is emphasised by the fact that many other men are perfectly willing and able to avoid such behaviours because they give a shit about other people's feelings whether women or men.

He's actually doing a bit of a DARVO isn't he? Feminism has gone too far because it's making him feel bad.

Why should he think that I am in need of "validation"? (I am fine as I am, thank you very much). And why should he think that said validation should take the form of being leched over?

Why would being leched over by at best a perfectly ordinary looking bloke (who has established, by the mere act of visibly leching, that he has a seriously unpleasant personality) be in any way pleasing to me? And at worst by a middle aged sleaze-ball who looks like a bulldog stung by a wasp? Why would I like this?

Would he feel "validated" by Nora Batty saying loudly in his vicinity "phwoarr I'd give him one"? If not, why would he feel I should feel that way about a Les Dawson lookalike doing the same to me?

“Lots of women like being stared at - it validates them and is a compliment.”

Except they don’t, some do, lots just don’t complain - which isn’t the same thing at all.

I've started staring back unsmilingly at men. And let me tell you what i've learned - they do not drop their gaze and it becomes a bit of an aggressive situation. Becomes a battle of wills actually. Very, very weird!

Why does his need to stare supersede my need to be safe?
Why does the man's opinion take precedent over the womens?

How about start from the default option of the womens point of view - it is not acceptable to stare at women, instead of the male point of view that they want/have to stare?

You do not have more rights than me, so why should I change rather than you change?

Not all men are staring because they want to assault women.

Ask him how we are meant to tell which ones do and which ones don't.

“he doesn't even know he's doing it.”

Bullshit

How can you not know where you’re looking? You’re seeing what you’re looking at, there’s physically no way to not know.

He just doesn’t care that he might be making somebody uncomfortable because his wanting to look trumps their comfort.

Thanks pombear
It is a stark reminder of how we are not taken seriously. Not really. Hysterical women.

If a man's professional title is Dr, how many times would you expect him to be addressed as Ms, Miss or Mrs? Would you expect the same frequency for a woman Dr? If a couple are both Dr, what would be the ratio of envelopes addressed to Dr and Mrs vs Mr and Dr?

(Clue: In over 30 years since our PhDs and marriage, it's only ever been me that's been mis-sexed or 'downgraded')

Language around sexuality.

Man:
Stud
Real man
Stallion
Player
Goer
Ladies' man
Lothario
Casanova

Woman:
Slut
Whore
Tramp
Prossie
Slag

Tradespeople actually responding when you make contact

Your teacher assuming you might be good at/interested in maths, science, engineering

Benefiting from the pay gap

Not being 23 and looked up and down even in professional situations and watching a blokes eyes change and knowing they will never speak to you as they do your male colleague.

Halfeaten I knew that was going to be Miss Triggs before I even clicked on it

One of my favourite cartoons.

I agree with the day to day safety. What do men do to keep themselves safe? What do women do? It's very different.

Being able to complain that feminism has gone 'too far' with a straight face, while women in DV shelters face losing their housing benefit.

Puss? Piss!

Commuting woes - manspreading and assuming that the arm rest is theirs.

Although the other day a friends son in his early 20s said it boiled his puss when other men sit near him and assume that the arm rest belongs to them. He is a tall well built guy but even he has noticed it.

I read on a thread here that to get people to move out of your way, walk with purpose and stare hard into the middle distance. It works. They may have to take a last minute step sideways, but something registers and they move. Walk like an Exocet!

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This cartoon says it all

Commentary on Theresa May’s trousers, never on Boris’ or Macron’s.

I was trying to explain the concept of “privilege” to a male friend and he didn’t really get it. A few minutes later I mentioned that women regularly get groped and cat called and he was like “no... doesn’t happen does it? I’ve never seen it” and I explained that That was his privilege. He didn’t even know it happened to women because his presence means it happens less. He was appalled to realise that I and most of my female friends had been assaulted.

Being able to walk around without being told to "smile" or "cheer up".

Assuming you can order a woman to cheer up or smile.

Crash test dummies.