Why Male Privilege Doesn’t Feel Good
Many men make the mistake of equating the role of the oppressor with a sense of personal fulfillment. If they really were oppressing women, they assume, if they really were part of a dominant class, they’d experience a greater degree of happiness and satisfaction. After all, if there really was a patriarchy, isn’t it supposed to benefit men? If men really did systematically take part in the dehumanization and degradation of women, wouldn’t more men feel the tangible benefits of that oppression for themselves? In other words, they ask the plaintive question over and over again: “How can I be an oppressor when I feel unhappy and powerless?” If most men are leading lives of “quiet desperation”, then surely those same men cannot also be agents of injustice. Right?…
Hugo felt so powerless he tried to kill his girlfriend.
Oh wait no he did that because his god complex told him that she would be grateful.
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Hugo felt so powerless he tried to kill his girlfriend. Oh wait no he did that because his god complex told him that she...
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