Originally posted by NemeBro
I could really see male privilege at work when my dad was arrested after his current girlfriend after she falsely claimed he hit her.At the age of 14, I thought "Wow, it sure feels good to be a man".
No one's saying men have it easy in every way. Or that all men have it easier than women. Just that men have advantages in society that permit them more freedom than women. Obviously there's also intersectionality to keep in mind. White women are privileged over black men in many aspects due to their race, which awards them more opportunities. There are all sorts of things that can privilege a person (class, wealth, gender, race, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, and so on).
Originally posted by -Pr-
Outside of gaming, I find it offensive tbh, as it's used by many militant sexists to make light of men's campaigns to gain equality in certain areas of life.
I disagree with this very much. It's the false premise of many men right's groups that they are oppressed by women or feminists in particular. That's just plain wrong. Men do face issues due to their gender, but a pretty good case can actually be made much of it is due to the lower status of femininity (so for example a man wanting to take care of his children rather than have a career will be looked down upon in some ways for desiring to do something traditionally female. That's the fault of the same system that oppresses women (generally called patriarchy, as it has men in a leading position and women subservient (which also doesn't meant that men are oppressing women, which admittedly a few radical feminists belief, though I have not heard Anita Sarkeesian claim such)))
I don't think personal attacks have a place so I hope no one would attack you for stating your opinion, as wrong as I think it is.