Saturday, April 2, 2011

Female Privileges

Though I realize that there are many privileges that males have over women, I couldn't stop thinking about what privileges females have. I'm sure the list could never be nearly as long as it is for the males, but I figured I'd give it a shot.

1. We've been taught it's okay to cry.
2. Even if I don't have a job, it is acceptable to marry me still. (Housewives)
3. We usually don't work in very dangerous jobs, so our chances of getting hurt or killed at our workplace is significantly less.
4. I don't have to prove my womanliness on a daily basis.
5. I can hug people of the same sex without being looked at differently. (In U.S.)
6. I can walk away from a fight or other violence without being looked at as inferior to the other person.
7. In custody battles, I am usually thought of as the better parent for the child to live with.
8. Women can change their appearance drastically with the use of cosmetics to trick men into thinking that they are better looking than they actually are.

I have come to figure out that it is a lot harder to think of the privileges females hold over males.  I thought it might be a bit easier because I'm a female, but I feel as though it made it even harder.  I guess I could see it as the invisibility of my privileges because I'm the one that benefits from them, but when forced to think of them I thought it would be much easier.

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