The term was first coined in writing as white privilege, before that the original concept was that this privilege was both a legacy and cause of racism. The the two were not seperate. It was a term used by black people. It was then hijacked just like the term #metoo by mostly white women and the meaning changed from its original use. There is a certain irony there, I’ll bet most the people on here using both terms are unaware they are appropriating black concepts and demonstrating they are the very same type of people the term was first used to describe.

Chances are if you leave negative feedback as a buyer you get offered a bribe to change it to positive.

Or how about we just frame it as some people are disadvantaged? But then a convenient term is lost to beat people with, shut down and exclude from conversation.

this isn’t about blaming people or wanting to punish them for having been born into a western democracy or whatever.

For a large enough group it is though and that group seem to be be grabbing at the steering wheel of the bus. You can’t blame folk for wanting to get off at that point…

The question should be framed as how do we create a pleasant and safe society for all and how everyone can play their part in realising that.

Good questions lego.

(1) Actual risk? I don’t think it would be classed as high risk (but still a risk yes) if you were to sit down, look at the statistics and do an actual risk assessment, however the consequences are severe should the hazard be encountered. Perceived risk? Yes, very high – higher than the actual risk.

(2) Again – actual or percieved? I think there are two different answers. Risk of physical harm might be higher for men, but harrassment and sexual assualt much much lower. The percieved risk I would say is much lower than the actual risk.

(3) For me it’s something that should be considered as needing fixed. The labels are a distraction from the issue and can switch people off altogether.

Labelling this as male privilege would be fine in the absence of lots of other (including very trivial) things that get labelled as such. Same as what happened with sexual harrassment. I don’t think many people would start off questioning what is and isn’t sexual harrassment. But now an ugly/older/bald/fat etc man innocently looking the wrong way at a women or asking her how her weekend was on a monday morning at work has been added into the mix, or at least a concentrated effort by some to include it into the mix – people will tend more towards just shrugging off the topic altogether as the seriousness of it has been diluted.

Same goes for male privilege. Do men have certain advantages over women in the world? – most definitely. In this country? Yes, still definitely. Do white people have certain advantages over non white people – yes they do. Do some non white people have certain advantages over white people – yes they do. Do women have certain advantages over men – yes they sure do. Again the term has now been watered down – just do a google search for examples and you will see lists upon lists of trivial crap that gets included under the male privilege banner. You have got to expect people to tune out altogether if they read through some of these concerns – who can be expected to care about the male privilege subject when when things like having access to viagra to aid sex life is classed as a male privilege – completely ignoring the huge and growing inductry aimed almost exclusively at womens sex aids/toys as if this isn’t a thing? Turn it around and try and point out the double standards and hypocrisy then you are part of the problem and now the enemy. Oh well in for a penny, in for a pound and all that.

Far far better to tackle each subect individually for what it is – public behaviour issues, violence, sexual assualt etc without grouping it all together as if there is one common cause and perpetrator.

There is no doubt that such labels are now feely been used as a weapon against one demographic of society. This is undeniable and is not a way to effectivly fix very real and serious problems in society – it can only lead to creating more.

As said above, I can’t see what educational benefit they’ll get from seeing the film…………

Isn’t the book part of the curriculum? I imagine the film will be shown as part of that to help out pupils who struggle to engage with reading.

Someone hurt me.

No but the person who leaked it should as there was nothing there really worth exposing in the national interest.

As I suggested last night, isn’t there just a bit of misogyny in this question?

Biology and physics maybe.

Can’t see what damage that film would do to a 9/10 year old watching it in a classroom as part of a discussion/lesson. I can however see the damage making a point of excluding the child from that experience would do to the child.

Everyone has the right to be heard, the right to be considered beautiful, the right not to live in fear.

Who makes all these rights up and where are they written down?

hodgynd and pals down the pub earlier…

Maybe a windshirt instead of a full on waterproof. Even when wet they keep the wind out which keeps you from getting cold and they dry pretty quick as well. They are very lightweight and more breathable as well.

Are they taking up all the screen?

Umpire biscuits I hope.

I’m fairly confident that she could put them in hospital very quickly

Then you have been watching too much tv and too many movies.

So @croe your rationale for male privilege being laughable / those that talk about it being laughable is that many men kill themselves? That’s just whataboutery, not a rebuttal.

It’s laughable because for most of its users they cannot admit that if there is such a thing as male privilege then the same can be said of female privilege. But hey misogyny!

Even the users here saying that they have confidence and size to deal with harassment because they are men are not taking into account the likelihood that people freeze in such situations. Do they think only women freeze?

Sorry kilo I missed your first request. No I don’t unfortunately as the source is a close relative doing (what I believe is the first funded) research into this subject at PhD level. There is very little publicy available data breaking down the root causes of suicide or suicide triggers in men. Which is bonkers considering the number of lives lost every year.

Mental health issues and access to treatment/care – all too often the solution is that men need to talk about it more – ie handle it more like women do rather than the solution be tailored to suit men.

Education – young men are being failed by the education system while young women are thriving. This is now showing signs of entering the workplace where young women are overtaking men up until age of 30ish or so.

Homelessness – men living on the fringes with the real threat of being made homelessness every single day. Lack of support compounding this.

Family life – access to their children, family courts etc

Domestic abuse – virtually no support or recognition of the scale of the issue.

Just like women are oblivious to how certain things affect men’s life everyday that they don’t think about is female privilege. But for some reason that narrative doesn’t exist.

Suicide is not a gender issue

I’m afraid it is you who doesn’t quite get this then. If women being afraid to be out alone is a gender issue then so is suicide. Suggesting one is and one isn’t is blatantly stupid.

More men kill themsleves in the UK every year due to being screwed over by women in separation/divorce and being kept from seeing their children than there are women killed at the hands of men.

men: We’re experiencing a problem here
women and other men: No you aren’t, cos we say you’re not

Where are the countless articles and media onslaught about female privilege and toxic feminiinity? Or is it only a problem when women are at a disadvantage?

whilst wearing a pillow case over his head with eye holes cut out

Careful now. How did you know it was a man?

it’s just a shame there aren’t more like that

Put one on then.

At least it’s not a cap.

Yet.

I have one of these and it’s very very nice. Hooked up to a vac and barely any dust.

https://www.axminster.co.uk/bosch-gex-125-150-ave-random-orbit-sander-ax850395

One foot in the grave.

The other riders might be fast but not on that occasion as they were just chilling. Not every record on strava is of someone going flat out.

call out inappropriate behaviour when you see

Go call out the next women you see henpecking and belittling her husband in public and see where that gets you.

Same as white women enjoy white privilege.

And women enjoy women privilege. Funny you don’t see many campaigns against that though.

Any man who talks about male privilege as an actual thing worthy of anything but laughter is not worth listening to.

Maybe he interviewed multiple people and can’t remember all the details. Maybe he was just making conversation. Sounds like quiet the overreaction from what I’ve read.

Pah! Excuses. Plenty of women out solo all over the place on adventures. Maybe the privilege is hers for having an excuse people will easily fall for to stay in rather than go put in some effort and confront her fears. If a man were to try that he’d be told to man up etc.

Sauteed onions

I wasn’t until now…

A different species of ant?

Looks good tj

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It’s definitely a dead bird.

Because they are triathletes. And weird.

The accident I suffered on the road in October means that I can no longer sustain the bumps that come with MTBing.

I’d be looking for flow trails and pumptracks before the dullness that is road riding.