White Privilege is one predominant form of privilege in the U.S. , but the concept can be applied elsewhere as well. Such as: … Continue Reading
Category Archives: Priviledege & Power
Male Priviledge Checklist
This list is based on Peggy McIntosh’s article on white privilege. These dynamics are but a few examples of the privilege which male people have. On a daily basis as a male person… 1. My odds of being hired for a job, when competing against female applicants, are probably skewed in my favor. The more… Continue Reading
The Parable of Ups and Downs
Copied from http://resources.css.edu/DiversityServices/docs/parableupsanddowns.pdf (emphasis all mine) What makes an Up an Up and a Down a Down is that an Up can do more to a Down than a Down can do to an Up. That’s what keeps an Up up and a Down down. The Ups tend to talk to each other and study… Continue Reading
"For a woman to explore and express the fullness of her sexuality, her emotional and intellectual capacities, would entail who knows what risks and who knows what truly revolutionary alteration of the social conditions that demean and constrain her."
-Louise J. Kaplan - Female Perversions
