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[–]justradfemthings 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm fine with it. The problem is that many men/white people/rich people/etc. completely deny the premise that they have any advantages in life over women/POC/poor people/etc, and I don't think a different word is going to change that.

And in terms of 'male privilege' in particular, I especially don't want to get rid of it because I have 0 interest in making radical feminism more palatable to males. That is how we ended up with libfem BS like the trans movement, 'sex work is work', and porn being considered empowering.

[–]moody_ape[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, to be honest, I don't even think it's possible to make radical feminism more palatable to males, even if we stop using the word privilege. The core of radfem is women's liberation and men's "needs" (things they can perfectly live without, but just don't want to) are an obstacle. But there are other instances (race, class, etc) where the term (privilege) seems to stop conversation altogether when it could be constructive.