For it to be true, there'd have to be some evidence that women generally were forcing it on men.
So in order for something to be privilege it must be forced on the other gender? So lets examine some items on the male privilege checklist against that standard:
2. I can be confident that my co-workers won’t think I got my job because of my sex – even though that might be true.
Did men force women to accept affirmative action which in some cases does give women jobs that they would have not gotten if they were competing on merits alone? Take a look at this, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/science/17comp.html?_r=1&#.... It appears that Carnegie Mellon lowered entrance standards to admit more women into the computer science program. Is a man that isn't admitted obligated to believe that sex has nothing to do with it? Why is it acceptable to reject more-qualified men in favor of less-qualified women? That does not seem very fair.
9. If I choose not to have children, my masculinity will not be called into question.
And men force this onto women? It's not other women? Is it not acceptable to point out that women who don't have children will be the first women in a line of women going back to the dawn of humanity not to have children, or that only about 40% of men ever procreated, versus a significantly hire percentage of women.
10. If I have children but do not provide primary care for them, my masculinity will not be called into question.
Men force women to call other women's femininity into question?
14. My elected representatives are mostly people of my own sex. The more prestigious and powerful the elected position, the more this is true.
Men force women to vote for men, and to not run for office? Women are the majority of the population. Is there some invisible man-field that is preventing them from voting every single elected man out of office within the next 6 years?
15. When I ask to see “the person in charge,” odds are I will face a person of my own sex. The higher-up in the organization the person is, the surer I can be.
Men force women not to form organizations too?
17. As a child, I could choose from an almost infinite variety of children’s media featuring positive, active, non-stereotyped heroes of my own sex. I never had to look for it; male protagonists were (and are) the default.
Men must also force women not to produce their own media.
18. As a child, chances are I got more teacher attention than girls who raised their hands just as often.
The vast majority of teachers are female. Please explain how men force female teachers to pay more attention to male students.
24. Even if I sleep with a lot of women, there is no chance that I will be seriously labeled a “slut,” nor is there any male counterpart to “slut-bashing.”
Men force women to tolerate promiscuous men?
27. The grooming regimen expected of me is relatively cheap and consumes little time.
This is fantastic. I had no idea that I was partly responsible for making women spend a lot of time and money grooming.
31. I can ask for legal protection from violence that happens mostly to men without being seen as a selfish special interest, since that kind of violence is called “crime” and is a general social concern. (Violence that happens mostly to women is usually called “domestic violence” or “acquaintance rape,” and is seen as a special interest issue.)
Isn't this phenomenon actually a female creation? All that stuff was illegal, then feminists demanded extra-special protection, so a whole slew of legislation was passed. Now that protection is because of male privilege?
33. My ability to make important decisions and my capability in general will never be questioned depending on what time of the month it is.
Wow, men force women to have periods. I had no idea. I'll try harder to not do that. Or did men just make up PMS to have an excuse to denigrate women? That doesn't seem as likely since it's been scientifically proven to exist.
36. Every major religion in the world is led primarily by people of my own sex. Even God, in most major religions, is pictured as male.
Men also forced women to be the only gender capable of producing children?
41. Assuming I am heterosexual, magazines, billboards, television, movies, pornography, and virtually all of media is filled with images of scantily-clad women intended to appeal to me sexually. Such images of men exist, but are rarer.
Did those evil men also force women to have less response to visual sexual stimuli? Could that be why romance novels exist, and men don't read them.
43. If I am heterosexual, it’s incredibly unlikely that I’ll ever be beaten up by a spouse or lover.
What a farce. Women commit the majority of domestic violence, and are more likely to use weapons. Twice as many men as women are the victims of severe physical domestic abuse.
It seems that most of the list is an artifact of feminism itself, or has very clear biological or evolutionary origins. Exactly the same could be said of the female privilege associated with not being expendable.
You obviously aren't trying to have an actual discussion here. This confirms my suspicion that you are not interested in actually reducing sexism (anti-female and anti-male alike) and instead are just derailing the discussion. I'm done.
So in order for something to be privilege it must be forced on the other gender? So lets examine some items on the male privilege checklist against that standard:
2. I can be confident that my co-workers won’t think I got my job because of my sex – even though that might be true.
Did men force women to accept affirmative action which in some cases does give women jobs that they would have not gotten if they were competing on merits alone? Take a look at this, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/science/17comp.html?_r=1&#.... It appears that Carnegie Mellon lowered entrance standards to admit more women into the computer science program. Is a man that isn't admitted obligated to believe that sex has nothing to do with it? Why is it acceptable to reject more-qualified men in favor of less-qualified women? That does not seem very fair.
9. If I choose not to have children, my masculinity will not be called into question.
And men force this onto women? It's not other women? Is it not acceptable to point out that women who don't have children will be the first women in a line of women going back to the dawn of humanity not to have children, or that only about 40% of men ever procreated, versus a significantly hire percentage of women.
10. If I have children but do not provide primary care for them, my masculinity will not be called into question.
Men force women to call other women's femininity into question?
14. My elected representatives are mostly people of my own sex. The more prestigious and powerful the elected position, the more this is true.
Men force women to vote for men, and to not run for office? Women are the majority of the population. Is there some invisible man-field that is preventing them from voting every single elected man out of office within the next 6 years?
15. When I ask to see “the person in charge,” odds are I will face a person of my own sex. The higher-up in the organization the person is, the surer I can be.
Men force women not to form organizations too?
17. As a child, I could choose from an almost infinite variety of children’s media featuring positive, active, non-stereotyped heroes of my own sex. I never had to look for it; male protagonists were (and are) the default.
Men must also force women not to produce their own media.
18. As a child, chances are I got more teacher attention than girls who raised their hands just as often.
The vast majority of teachers are female. Please explain how men force female teachers to pay more attention to male students.
24. Even if I sleep with a lot of women, there is no chance that I will be seriously labeled a “slut,” nor is there any male counterpart to “slut-bashing.”
Men force women to tolerate promiscuous men?
27. The grooming regimen expected of me is relatively cheap and consumes little time.
This is fantastic. I had no idea that I was partly responsible for making women spend a lot of time and money grooming.
31. I can ask for legal protection from violence that happens mostly to men without being seen as a selfish special interest, since that kind of violence is called “crime” and is a general social concern. (Violence that happens mostly to women is usually called “domestic violence” or “acquaintance rape,” and is seen as a special interest issue.)
Isn't this phenomenon actually a female creation? All that stuff was illegal, then feminists demanded extra-special protection, so a whole slew of legislation was passed. Now that protection is because of male privilege?
33. My ability to make important decisions and my capability in general will never be questioned depending on what time of the month it is.
Wow, men force women to have periods. I had no idea. I'll try harder to not do that. Or did men just make up PMS to have an excuse to denigrate women? That doesn't seem as likely since it's been scientifically proven to exist.
36. Every major religion in the world is led primarily by people of my own sex. Even God, in most major religions, is pictured as male.
Men also forced women to be the only gender capable of producing children?
41. Assuming I am heterosexual, magazines, billboards, television, movies, pornography, and virtually all of media is filled with images of scantily-clad women intended to appeal to me sexually. Such images of men exist, but are rarer.
Did those evil men also force women to have less response to visual sexual stimuli? Could that be why romance novels exist, and men don't read them.
43. If I am heterosexual, it’s incredibly unlikely that I’ll ever be beaten up by a spouse or lover.
What a farce. Women commit the majority of domestic violence, and are more likely to use weapons. Twice as many men as women are the victims of severe physical domestic abuse.
It seems that most of the list is an artifact of feminism itself, or has very clear biological or evolutionary origins. Exactly the same could be said of the female privilege associated with not being expendable.