There are a lot of different kinds of privilege. Being a white middle class male I am keenly
aware of the advantages that I have in life.
It’s
the privileges that I need pointed out to me that hit me in the gut like a ton
of bricks. Usually it’s my wife pointing
them out to me. Like being able to
change shirts in public, for instance.
As a man, I would never be in danger of being arrested, chastised or
otherwise berated if I decided to change shirts in public. Women are not offered the same luxury. At least not yet, for those of you paying
attention to the “Free The Nipple”(Wikipedia
link) movement. But that’s a whole other
topic.
This privilege
of being able to change my top in public seems obvious but I hadn’t really thought
about it until recently. I wonder what
other privileges I have taken for granted.
I wonder what privileges my daughter will and will not have due to her
status as a female.
