The Real Female Privilege Checklist
As a woman, you have the privilege of…
- Being told by men that you do not have a right to do what you like with your own body.
- Being told by men that they only find you attractive when you dress sexy.
- Being told by men that if you dress sexy, you’re being “slutty.”
- Being told by men that they want to have sex with you.
- Being told by men that if you have too much sex, you’re being “slutty.”
- Being told by men that if you don’t want to have sex with them, you’re being “frigid.”
- Being drugged or manhandled by men who want to have sex with you when you don’t.
- Being raped by men, whose sexual needs override your consent.
- Being told by men that if you were raped, you were asking for it, because of what you said, how you were dressed, what you drank, where you went, etc.
- Being told by men that if you get pregnant by being raped, you should “make the best of it.”
- Being told by men that your position in life is to carry a fetus to term, even though you don’t want it, can’t afford it, and they won’t lift a finger to help or support you.
- Being told by men that marrying them and raising a family with them is what you’re “meant to do.”
- Being told by men that the black eyes, bruises, and broken bones you got from them beating you is “your own fault.”
- Being told by men that if you try to leave them, they will take away your children and you will never see them again.
- Being told by men that they’ve “moved on” and “found someone new” who is “more exciting,” a.k.a. “slutty.”
- Being told by men that you are not smart enough.
- Being told by men you’re not good enough.
- Being told by men that you’re not strong enough.
- Being told by men that you are too emotional.
- Being told by men that you are too cold.
- Being told by men to make them a sandwich.
If I were a woman, and I had to navigate that world on a daily basis, you can bet your ass I might harbor just a small amount of enmity toward men. Women have spent millennia getting the short end of the stick… ask Eve. And maybe, just maybe, women are tired of taking crap from men. BTW, I know I’m being all cis here, and I apologize to my trans friends, but the bottom line is: if you’re a woman in this world, born that way, built that way, or otherwise, you can look forward to a long life of being told you are subservient to men, that that is the way “God intended it,” and you should just shut up and accept it. I’m here to say that’s wrong, that male privilege bullshit talking, and this is one man who doesn’t buy it. You’re a person, not a possession. You have rights. You have feelings. And no man has the right to tell you that you owe them anything.
I suggest, Mr. Ryking, that you take your male privilege, your misogyny, your bigotry, and cram it. Society has no place for people like you in it.
