Men, For Example… - (Men only please) How Privileged did you feel growing up compared to you female comrades?

(Men only please) How Privileged did you feel growing up compared to you female comrades?

Did you feel you were/have been given special treatment over girls/women. It seems most men don't take feminists claims of male privilege seriously in society because this does not reflect our experience even if some men don't have the guts to say it. Women have always been given special treatment and coddled in many subtle ways.This is true at least in western countries in the last 30 years. What's you opinion ?

Public Comments

I agree with you... seems backwards to me.
No, the girls always got special treatment. Even the stuff like "Girls first"...."You don't speak to girls like that"....."Sugar, Spice, All things nice". Girls couldn't do any wrong. When sh*t happens, its always the boy to blame. Even when girls orchestrate it.
Im in my thirties so I was brought up with the concept of equality so I don't know any different, I think feminists make the mistake of judging out comes without looking at the underlying cause. What I mean by that is they will look at say, the m/f representation in such and such a field and claim that's proof of inequality without taking into account things like personal choices and aptitude. Ive the larger majority of women are going to choose work / life balance or mother hood over career of course there is going to be a different outcome. As far as special treatment goes, its women who seem to be receiving that and the main drive for special treatment for women seems to come for feminism/feminist lobbyists.
My brother wasn't more privileged than me, but he was the one who got the chemistry set and more toys to learn things with, when I got stuck with dolls, and related crap. //////////////////////////////// As for coddling, I don't think that's doing girls a favor either. They grow up to be less confident, and independent. But I guess that's what a lot of men seem to want.
Growing up I got more privileges, but I also had more responsibilities too. Meaning I got to stay out later as oppose to my sister. I could go places at night that my sister wasn't allowed to go. But on the other hand, I had to constantly fight for her, better not come home without her. When parents were out of town, if anything went down, I was held accountable. No matter what she did or who started it. But she got special treatment far as being picked up and dropped off at events. I had to find my own way to and from. So I guess I'm saying I got more "privileges" but she got "special treatment".
Personally, I MAY have been given preferential treatment a couple of times due to being male. However a male was & still IS better suited for whatever it was I was doing.. That said, I must agree with you ; broads are coddled as never before now & continue to dodge, elude or disemble any accountability toward anything not in their favor..
I never found this to be true in my experience. I kept hearing this as I grew up, but never experienced it personally. As such I always felt very confused. I think that if women fail, they dont blame themselves, they blame 'sexist society' so therefore never take responsibility. Then they complain more, which results in men being made to feel even more guilty, the cycle continues.
Sorry I'm not a man, I'm giving my opinion anyway. I don't want special treatment. I don't like it how men always must hold open the door for women, I don't like how women are thought of as weaker, and therefore need to be "protected," and I don't like how it's considered rude if men don't do any of these things.
Looking back the only privilege I enjoyed was the privilege of being known as an honest person. In high school being honest was useful a few times when late for class(because of previous class teacher holding us back for one reason or another) and the next period teacher taking my word for it instead of sending me to the principals office. I also enjoyed the privilege of not causing problems for society. Sure I partied and had fun, but I was always discreet about it. I stayed within in the rules most of the time and when I went outside the rules I was always careful to keep up appearance and not violate anyone elses rights. And the cops leave me alone mostly. I have seen female peers in school get away with things that cannot be attributed to individual character. In grade school I seen a female classmate kick a male classmate in the groin for no reason with the teacher watching. The teachers response? A smirk then back to checking tests. In 11th grade I seen during a speech type thing for class president a female candidate breaking the rules and getting away with it(no music, just a speech, she did a song and dance with no substance and won). Those are just two examples of many. If anything the last 30 years has shown that us guy's would be better off watching our own affairs inregards to rights and civil liberities as most female advocates are interested only in gender based supremacy.
Privileged? I felt unfortunate. Teachers in my school treat girls better (they hit us, but not the girls), my family and all the people I know treat girls and women better than their male counterparts. Overall, I felt girls were treated better than me. That's true in general society too. Women are treated better than men in general. Most of the 100 odd people I asked said they would save the woman if a man and a woman were in danger and only one could be saved. Society has held a notion for centuries that women are more valuable than men.