Being a woman is a fucking superpower.

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[–]BoredAlready 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

My experience of male privilege is this: kicked out of the house to fend for myself from the age of 18, struggle to get a career in my preferred field despite a 1st class STEM honours degree, stuck in min wage role, no emotional support, struggle to keep contacts because your value to others is only judged by what you are worth etc I could go on and on.

Meanwhile my sister’s experience: first house deposit paid for by parents, got pick of career with irrelevant qualifications that she underperformed in; now works 3 days a week/18 hours to the tune of £40000, has a comprehensive support network, wedding abroad with family all paid for etc and once again I could go on and on.

Being a woman is life on easy mode, doubly so if you’re good looking.

[–]jet199Instigatrix 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (11 children)

My experience of being an autist

fify

[–]BoredAlready 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

I am actually autistic so well done lol. High functioning though so I’ve never seen it as a disability.

[–]jet199Instigatrix 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Well that's great for you.

But in that short paragraph, it was pretty clear to me it explains your whole life trajectory so far and worldview. More so than being a man.

Unfortunately, a lot of us just don't fit and railing against certain groups isn't going to help when not being normal is the real problem.

[–]BoredAlready 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

It’s hard not to become jaded after a while though. To be clear I have nothing against women but certainly from where I’m sat in my corner of the world, white men from working class backgrounds are at a huge disadvantage. This was even shown in a recent independent inquiry but then the results were shoved under the carpet in the media as they don’t fit with the ‘progressive’ narrative that we’re fed.

Forget my personal anecdotes and me not being ‘normal’, that just seems to be the way things are at the moment.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Do you consider yourself to be from a working class background? No one I know has their parents helping out with paying for nice weddings or deposits on houses. Sounds like your parents are rich af and traditional. Are you white?

[–]BoredAlready 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I don’t consider myself to be from a working class background and never said I was. I am white though.

Regardless, that’s not what this thread is really talking about is it? The argument being made is that in today’s western society, women have it easier.

My personal anecdotes aside, even organisations such as the RAF have been caught out lately and are now facing court cases from male applicants who were denied on the basis they were white and male. You would be naïve to believe that they are the only ones doing it.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

So you grew up rich and are complaining that you haven't had things handed to you ENOUGH. Got it. Almost like all those entitled women?

[–]BoredAlready 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

You’re not very intelligent are you? Forget about the personal attack for a second (you don’t know enough about me to make a convincing argument like that anyway), and maybe address what I was saying with regards to the RAF and discrimination going on on the free labour market?

O look you can’t, because I’m right.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I know a bit about you because you shared that your parents are wealthy and favor your sister with financial handouts, therefore you have a perception that women have it much easier in life and you, as a white man born to wealthy (albeit neglectful?) parents, are discriminated against. It's not a personal attack.

I think injustice should be called out, I also think you have no right to a pity party.