It only seems fair after this long and drawn out post



As a woman …

1. I have a much lower chance of being murdered than a man.
2. I have a much lower chance of being driven to successfully commit suicide than a man.
3. I have a lower chance of being a victim of a violent assault than a man.
4. I have probably been taught that it is acceptable to cry.
5. I will probably live longer than the average man.
6. Most people in society probably will not see my overall worthiness as a person being exclusively tied to how high up in the hierarchy I rise.
7. I have a much better chance of being considered to be a worthy mate for someone, even if I’m unemployed with little money, than a man.
8. I am given much greater latitude to form close, intimate friendships than a man is.
9. My chance of suffering a work-related injury or illness is significantly lower than a man’s.
10. My chance of being killed on the job is a tiny fraction of a man’s.
11. If I shy away from fights, it is unlikely that this will damage my standing in my peer group or call into question my worthiness as a sex partner.
12. I am not generally expected to be capable of violence. If I lack this capacity, this will generally not be seen as a damning personal deficiency.
13. If I was born in North America since WWII, I can be almost certain that my genitals were not mutilated soon after birth, without anesthesia.
14. If I attempt to hug a friend in joy, it’s much less likely that my friend will wonder about my sexuality or pull away in unease.
15. If I seek a hug in solace from a close friend, I’ll have much less concern about how my friend will interpret the gesture or whether my worthiness as a member of my gender will be called into question.
16. I generally am not compelled by the rules of my sex to wear emotional armor in interactions with most people.
17. I am frequently the emotional center of my family.
18. I am allowed to wear clothes that signify ‘vulnerability’, ‘playful openness’, and ’softness’.
19. I am allowed to BE vulnerable, playful, and soft without calling my worthiness as a human being into question.
20. If I interact with other people’s children — particularly people I don’t know very well — I do not have to worry much about the interaction being misinterpreted.
21. If I have trouble accommodating to some aspects of gender demands, I have a much greater chance than a man does of having a sympathetic audience to discuss the unreasonableness of the demand, and a much lower chance that this failure to accommodate will be seen as signifying my fundamental inadequacy as a member of my gender.
22. I am less likely to be shamed for being sexually inactive than a man.
23. From my late teens through menopause, for most levels of sexual attractiveness, it is easier for me to find a sex partner at my attractiveness level than it is for a man.
24. My role in my child’s life is generally seen as more important than the child’s father’s role.
25. If I get slaughtered as part of some atrocity, people will be especially outraged and will call particular attention to the fact I was slaughtered. When others are slaughtered, it isn’t quite as upsetting.
26. When I get married, there is a very good chance that I will be given the option to quit my job and live off my husband’s income without having my femininity questioned.
27. If I become pregnant, I and I alone choose whether to terminate the pregnancy or have the baby. As a result, I can be reasonably certain that I will never be held financially responsible for a child I didn’t want to have, and that I will never have my unborn child aborted without my consent.
28. Many employers, including the government, have policies specifically designed to privilege me over male candidates.
29. If my husband is unfaithful to me or abuses me, I will receive sympathy unmixed with derision.
30. I am significantly more likely to graduate from college than I would be if I were a man.
31. Moderately impaired social skills are not a serious impediment to my ability to achieve romantic and sexual fulfillment.
32. Although I am every bit as likely as a man to allow my sex drive to compromise my judgment, I will never be accused of thinking with my clitoris.
33. I can expect to pay a significantly lower premium for car insurance than a man with a similar driving record would.
34. If I commit a crime, I will likely be treated much more leniently in a court of law than would a man who had committed the same crime.
35. Men are expected to buy me drinks, meals, flowers, and jewelry in exchange for a chance to spend time with me.
36. Because I am not expected to be my family’s primary breadwinner, I have the luxury of prioritizing factors other than salary when choosing a career path.
37. I have the privilege of being unaware of my female privilege.

Don't be jealous that no one offers to buy you a free drink.

What's the point of feminism?

To insure that I can work outside my home, and get an education I can.

I'll buy you a drink.

But I'm probably NOT going to flash you.

;)

He'd flash you.

I find it funny that you said you probably wouldn't. :P

To promote equality between all peoples, regardless of gender, sexuality, race, etc.

And to add to gamms' statement: The freedom to make your own choices.

Unless it is rape...

Or all of the American Continent, for that matter. Since before WWII...


And not to rain on the Feminist parade, but unless salaries are equalized, there will never be 'Equality of the Sexes'

I don't think that so much rains on the parade as adds another banner.

Gives em something awesome and sporty to drive around...like a penis.

That's usually all that's required.

The possibility.

Savor it!

.38) Multiple orgasms.
.39) Less creepy sex toys. (come to China and see what I'm talking about).

Sex toys with faces are creepy no matter who the target audience is!

That is a sexual assault, while it can mean the same thing, it doesn't have to.

No lie. I saw one that had nothing but a mouth, some boobs, and a hairy vagina. I thought, "so this is what womankind has been reduced to."

Which is more than men get concentrated in!

sexy

I disagree with numerous points on that list.

#11 - 20 inclusive demonstrates to me that something is very, very broken in the author's society. #20 especially. WTF? Something is very, very broken if it's true.

Well as broken as it may be, pretty much every single item on the list is reality where I come from - i.e. I have had or seen personal examples of how these are not true for me as a man or a male I know.

I've been questioned by well meaning people who were apparently patrolling the public parks on their own as to why I was standing in front of the jungle gym with no obvious kid in tow. You have no idea how much it took to not tell the little old ladies that I was trolling just to see what would happen. But as my kid was on the jungle gym at the time, I didn't want to have them dropped in the middle of it all.