male privilege

a few of the benefits men have traditionally enjoyed primarily because they are men include generally being paid more for comparable work, to be called on more frequently in the classroom, within reason to go where they like without fearing assault, rape, or sexual harassment, to do a disproportionately small share of housework and childcare, and even, in many cases and over centuries, to define reality. Along with this, however, has come the "privilege" today—simply because they are men—of registering for selective service, dying earlier than women, and living up to cultural expectations for them which include being strong, "virile," provident, and successful. Black men have the shortest average life span of any group and suffer proportionately more violence and, in the U.S., more incarceration. Public interest attorney, activist, and author Andrew Kimbrell says, "It is a lingering irony that what many call a patriarchal production system significantly degraded both fatherhood and sonship. Rejecting both the male mystique and anti-male ideology, men have begun articulating a male manifesto—a political agenda designed to re-establish ties with each other, their families, communities, and the Earth." See privilege.