History of Feminism
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Friend of mine tagged me with this on FB, to be taken seriously, it belongs in TMG, where I understand they actually believe this stuff. Anyway, after I got done laughing, I thought I'd share that weird emotion of irritation and WTF. While I can personally debunk every point-- it's all whiny MRA crap, I remember that there are people who actually believe this shit. So without further ado, let's turnover this rock and see what squirms out.
Here are the 18 things females seem to not understand because of female privilege:
1. Female privilege is being able to walk down the street at night without people crossing the street because theyre automatically afraid of you.
2. Female privilege is being able to approach someone and ask them out without being labeled creepy.
3. Female privilege is being able to get drunk and make love without being considered a rapist. Female privilege is being able to engage in the same action as another person but be considered the innocent party by default.
4. Female privilege is being able to turn on the TV and see yourself represented in a positive way. Female privilege is shows like King of Queens and Everybody Loves Raymond where women are portrayed as attractive, competent people while men are shown as ugly, lazy slobs.
5. Female privilege is the idea that women and children should be the first rescued from any sort of emergency situation. Female privilege is saving yourself before you save others and not being viewed as a monster.
6. Female privilege is being able to decide not to have a child.
7. Female privilege is not having to support a child financially for 18 years when you didnt want to have it in the first place.
8. Female privilege is never being told to take it like a man or man up.
9. Female privilege is knowing that people would take it as a gravely serious issue if someone raped you. Female privilege is being able to laugh at a prison rape joke.
10. Female privilege is being able to divorce your spouse when your marriage is no longer working because you know you will most likely be granted custody of your children.
11. Female privilege is being able to call the police in a domestic dispute knowing they will take your side. Female privilege is not having your gender work against where police are involved.
12. Female privilege is being able to be caring or empathetic without people being surprised.
13. Female privilege is not having to take your career seriously because you can depend on marrying someone who makes more money than you do. Female privilege is being able to be a stay at home mom and not seem like a loser.
14. Female privilege is being able to cry your way out of a speeding ticket.
15. Female privilege is being favored by teachers in elementary, middle and high school. Female privilege is graduating high school more often, being accepted to more colleges, and generally being encouraged and supported along the way.
16. Female privilege being able to have an opinion without someone tell you youre just a butthurt fedora-wearing neckbeard who cant get any.
17. Female privilege is being able to talk about sexism without appearing self-serving.
18. Female privilege is arrogantly believing that sexism only applies to women.
By MARK SAUNDERS , Source: thoughtcatalog.com
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)thanks....
CLUELESS!!!
BainsBane
(54,728 posts)I guess I must not really be female since so little of that applies to me.
Squinch
(52,568 posts)I wonder how often people tell him he's a "butthurt fedora-wearing neckbeard." After a few times, a smarter guy would take off his hat.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Stupid IS funny. That is some stupid shit right there. Almost Onion worthy funny.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)I stopped reading after the first "point" ... thinking that women walking down a street might take comfort in having people, especially of the mentality that wrote this crap, crossing the street.
ismnotwasm
(42,443 posts)As a point of interest, the person who sent this too me is a Trans, M-F, she knows me well and knew it would get my attention, plus she's experienced the complete truth of the matter.
redqueen
(115,164 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Mark Saunders is an asshat.
BainsBane
(54,728 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,443 posts)One.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)guess I should have tried the crying bit....as I got a ticket both times!
Flying Squirrel
(3,041 posts)Although I must admit I've been on the wrong end of #11 once - my ex-wife was very abusive, both emotionally and physically, and the cops were called more than once. The time I remember most vividly was when she had thrown a chair at me and the cops were practically begging her to tell them that I had hit her. Fortunately for me they got another call and had to leave. Those were some fun times, not. Still, it's usually the man doing the abusing so I suppose you can't really blame them for making that assumption.
The rest of that piece is pretty absurd.