Examples of double standards:
(About a male boss): "I love his take-charge attitude!"
(About a female boss): "She's such a bitch! She's probably on her period."
(About a man who has sex): "What an awesome stud/legend/boss he is!"
(About a woman who has sex): "What a disgusting slut/whore/skank she is!"
(About a male boss): "I love his take-charge attitude!"
(About a female boss): "She's such a bitch! She's probably on her period."
(About a man who has sex): "What an awesome stud/legend/boss he is!"
(About a woman who has sex): "What a disgusting slut/whore/skank she is!"
by qbdkusoemv August 14, 2016
A product of centuries of social conditioning that has ingrained male superiority (and, conversely, female inferiority) into our collective consciousness, resulting in a set of social, economic and political advantages accorded to men solely on the basis of their sex.
Naysayers claim that male privilege is confined to the past. Indeed, every generation likes to believe they live in fair and just times. But in reality, centuries of male privilege does not just vanish overnight and will likely take centuries to fully eradicate.
Naysayers claim that male privilege is confined to the past. Indeed, every generation likes to believe they live in fair and just times. But in reality, centuries of male privilege does not just vanish overnight and will likely take centuries to fully eradicate.
Examples of male privilege:
When a man walks down the street, he is left alone.
When a woman walks down the street, she is catcalled and sexually harassed.
When a man slips up at work, he is given a second chance.
When a woman slips up at work, she is disciplined, if not fired.
When a man speaks up in a meeting, everyone listens.
When a woman speaks up in a meeting, she is interrupted, belittled and/or silenced.
When a man is angry, he's just having a bad day.
When a woman is angry, she's a premenstrual bitch.
When a man is assertive, he is respected.
When a woman is assertive, she is a nagging bitch.
When a man succeeds, he "earned" it.
When a woman succeeds, she "slept her way to the top."
When a man reports a rape, he is believed.
When a woman reports a rape, she is accused of lying or "asking for it."
When a man beats/rapes/kills a woman, he is given the benefit of the doubt.
When a woman beats/rapes/kills a man, she is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
When a man abandons/harms his child, he is excused.
When a woman abandons/harms her child, she is an evil mother who is swiftly imprisoned.
When a man has sex, he's celebrated as a stud, legend or boss.
When a woman has sex, she's denounced as a sIut, whore or skank.
When a man gains weight, he is given a pass.
When a woman gains weight, she is mocked and ridiculed.
When a man goes gray, no one says a word.
When a woman goes gray, she is an old hag.
When a man walks down the street, he is left alone.
When a woman walks down the street, she is catcalled and sexually harassed.
When a man slips up at work, he is given a second chance.
When a woman slips up at work, she is disciplined, if not fired.
When a man speaks up in a meeting, everyone listens.
When a woman speaks up in a meeting, she is interrupted, belittled and/or silenced.
When a man is angry, he's just having a bad day.
When a woman is angry, she's a premenstrual bitch.
When a man is assertive, he is respected.
When a woman is assertive, she is a nagging bitch.
When a man succeeds, he "earned" it.
When a woman succeeds, she "slept her way to the top."
When a man reports a rape, he is believed.
When a woman reports a rape, she is accused of lying or "asking for it."
When a man beats/rapes/kills a woman, he is given the benefit of the doubt.
When a woman beats/rapes/kills a man, she is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
When a man abandons/harms his child, he is excused.
When a woman abandons/harms her child, she is an evil mother who is swiftly imprisoned.
When a man has sex, he's celebrated as a stud, legend or boss.
When a woman has sex, she's denounced as a sIut, whore or skank.
When a man gains weight, he is given a pass.
When a woman gains weight, she is mocked and ridiculed.
When a man goes gray, no one says a word.
When a woman goes gray, she is an old hag.
by qbdkusoemv December 11, 2017
Sympathy for male perpetrators of violence against women, rather than for female victims of male violence. It is mostly displayed in rape and domestic violence cases, resulting in a slap on the wrist, if anything.
Example of himpathy:
Mother: Your honor, this man kidnapped and raped my daughter at gunpoint and has shown no remorse. Please hold him accountable by sentencing him to prison.
Judge: Prison would be very hard on him and cost him his job. The poor man has suffered enough already. I'm sentencing him to 6 months of probation.
Mother: But your honor, what about my daughter?
Judge: Well maybe she shouldn't have been wearing a skirt. She was clearly asking for it. Next case.
Mother: Your honor, this man kidnapped and raped my daughter at gunpoint and has shown no remorse. Please hold him accountable by sentencing him to prison.
Judge: Prison would be very hard on him and cost him his job. The poor man has suffered enough already. I'm sentencing him to 6 months of probation.
Mother: But your honor, what about my daughter?
Judge: Well maybe she shouldn't have been wearing a skirt. She was clearly asking for it. Next case.
by qbdkusoemv May 09, 2020
A term for the interlocking systems of oppression that form the basis of modern society and define the prevailing social order. In short, it is the status quo.
Activist: The only solution to our woes is the abolition of imperialist white supremacist capitalist heteropatriarchy.
by qbdkusoemv August 12, 2017
A naive (and typically uneducated) person who has fallen prey to the media's anti-Muslim smear campaign waged by the elite in a calculated effort to dehumanize people sitting atop a geostrategic oil-rich land and thereby manufacture consent for imperial wars in the region. In other words, it is a useful idiot who can always be counted on to rally around the flag against the enemy du jour.
These sad, insecure people are not interested in discovering the truth. Indeed, the vast majority of them have never personally met a Muslim, nor have they made any attempt to educate themselves on Islam's rich history and culture. Instead, they are solely interested in feeling morally superior and will thus only seek out information that confirms their anti-Muslim beliefs whilst tuning out all facts and evidence to the contrary. Muslims simply provide an easy scapegoat on which they can pin their problems and project their personal flaws and wrongdoings.
These sad, insecure people are not interested in discovering the truth. Indeed, the vast majority of them have never personally met a Muslim, nor have they made any attempt to educate themselves on Islam's rich history and culture. Instead, they are solely interested in feeling morally superior and will thus only seek out information that confirms their anti-Muslim beliefs whilst tuning out all facts and evidence to the contrary. Muslims simply provide an easy scapegoat on which they can pin their problems and project their personal flaws and wrongdoings.
Islamophobes will endlessly shriek about false rape allegations and then turn around and falsely accuse all Muslims of rape.
by qbdkusoemv December 11, 2017
A pejorative term for people who acknowledge the existence of racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of bigotry. It was created by insecure straight white cisgender men who are terrified of losing their privileged status and preferential treatment in society as well as their ability to treat women and minorities like pieces of trash with public approval.
Person #1: I don't think it's OK to kill a man just because he's black.
Person #2: STFU AND DIE YOU STUPID SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR!!!
Person #2: STFU AND DIE YOU STUPID SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR!!!
by qbdkusoemv December 01, 2019
An imaginary projection of the anti-feminist male. All the characteristics ascribed to these mythical feminazis - hatred of the opposite sex, a lust for power and domination, a feeling of superiority, a sense of entitlement, physical repulsiveness and morbid obesity, etc. - in actuality, apply to the anti-feminist males who invented and circulate the term.
by qbdkusoemv December 01, 2019