Very basic, obvious examples of male privilege please?

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Examples every man will experience. Undeniable and obvious

I'm trying to make male privilege simple to a friend who feels us feminists have gone too far.

Thanks

Don't get cat called when jogging
Don't have to think "is it safe to walk here"
Don't check behind them all the time
Unlikely to ever be sexually assaulted

I have really become aware recently of how often I move out of the way for men. Just walking down the street, or on public transport, or in shops

I’ve noticed this too, and didn’t automatically move recently when walking down and up train station steps.
I’ve been knocked clean off my feet on both occasions, yes by men. Utter bastards.

Right, I am no expert here, but weren't women basically written out of the Bible?

By the way OP, what do you mean by 'too far'?

@Kettlepotblackagain

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/who-we-ought-be/201801/men-s-intersectional-relationship-male-privilege%3famp

This may out me, but my daughter was approached by a male recently, when we were both walking along the street.

He told her 'she was walking wrong''.

Despite me being a fierce female, I said nothing.

We were both completely polaxed by the sheer confidence and audacity of a male thinking this was an appropriate and acceptable thing to say to another person, full stop. (But because she was female, he doubtless felt brave enough to do it to her. Can't imagine him telling a male the same thing).

As someone said upthread, not being responsible for your entire sex.
Behold the famous xkcd math cartoon:

xkcd.com/385/

This is pretty basic.

DS and DD are late teens, a year apart in age. Both have part time jobs in the same tourist spot in the same sort of establishments. Both wait on tables, clear plates etc,

DS is constantly being asked "Are you off to University" or "What are your plans after the summer?"

DD is never asked. Presumably, as a girl, people assume she is a career waitress or can't get a better job.

Both are bright, articulate and FWIW both off to very good Universities.

Stop asking "what about men?"

Errol
Being the 'default sex'. But they're so used to it they tend not to notice.

I pointed this out to DH last year. He couldn't see it. So I picked my son's book "Dear Zoo" and pointed out all the animals were male. Why?! It was a lightbulb moment for him. I scrubbed out "he" on the last page and put "she".

tabulahrasa
Seatbelts are designed for men, breasts interfere with them sitting right.

Yes! And if you're pregnant but don't want the seatbelt to go over your bump, tough.

Also isn't medical care based on averages for men? Like heart attack signs?

Just lost 10 mins to that xkcd site.

I have been thinking about hotel rooms recently. I travel a LOT for work. No sanitary products but a sewing kit and shower cap? Toiletries smell 'male' rather than unisex or female. Meaning I have to bring my own or smell like a male pine tree. Everything is man height. Hair dryers are tiny and suck long hair into them. Towels are tiny and fine for covering bottom half but not for women to cover their arses and boobs. Showers are those infuriating ones that blast needles of water, which hurts, but are low flow so you can't rinse longer hair.

And just try to get a drink in a hotel bar without some random chancer...

Halfeaten yes, and despite having had the technology for years, the clitoris was only fully scanned for the first time about a year ago. It's structure was a bit of a mystery until then. The scans revealed the basis for the g-spot, an erogenous zone debated by men for decades.

There’s a quote which I won’t be able to remember exactly but it’s along the lines of “when men approach women they’re afraid of being laughed at but when women approach men they’re afraid of being murderered”.

The default sex thing...my friend, a v switched on trained teacher, has a daughter of around aged 9/10 who is being assessed for autism. She hadn’t recognised any of the classic symptoms that we would all know from media/fiction and was told “it presents very differently in girls.” But obviously the boy symptoms are the default symptoms and the girl ones are the different ones that no one knows about.

YourVagesty a year ago?! Interesting thank you, bloody hell!

Mechanics tell me the truth.

Yes halfeatentoast ! I cross posted with you about my friend’s daughter’s potential autism but I’m sure I heard recently about strokes and heart attacks presenting differently in women, but the male symptoms get publicallt funded national fucking campaigns!

Up skirting

Also, ask him (?) to go into a newsagent.

How many faces on the cover of magazines are male?

The "pink tax".

Female marketed products are significantly more expensive than the male equivalent.

Today I took a call at my home time. Had to practically shout that I had to be quick as I had to collect kids and talked over, faced aggression and disrespect. Would a male have faced this or been able to say “sorry mate gotta go “ or more likely would’ve been praised for “doing his bit” re childcare. I nearly walked out. I was shaking with rage and burst into tears after the call. Then hated myself for crying

I was left on a trolley having a heart attack for almost two hours because I didn't present male symptoms. It wasn't until my husband came that I got treatment.
That laid male privilege bare to me.

Never wondering why new female employee is being paid more than you. Mysterious unknown better skills than you possess or merely the proud owner of breasts like all the other higher earners where you work.

Halfeaten sorry, was writing that from memory and slightly mixed up some facts. I was thinking about a clitoris sculpture that was made to highlight our lack of awareness of how the clitoris worked, the sculpture hit the headlines about a year ago so that's what I was thinking of. The clitoris was actually only sonographically mapped in 2009, despite the tech having been available for a loooooong time so still shocking:

www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/23/clitbait-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-clitoris

See also, female orgasms. Most women do not orgasm from penetration and yet that's still held up as the norm.

Shoes - just shoes.

When you click on a drop down title when you are filling in a form, ‘Mr’ always comes first.

There is no name change option which indicates whether a man is married or no.

The men’s finals of events are always held after the women’s as they are the grand finale (eg Wimbledon).

These just sprang to mind without even having to stop and think. Apologies if they are repeats of what others have said.