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unreadierLizard

(475 posts) Sun Mar 31, 2013, 08:27 PM Mar 2013

I have no job. I'm filing for disability. [View all]

I'm 21 years old and have never worked a day in my life.

My mental conditions are not taken seriously by anyone because I'm a male.

I'm laughed at for being "different&quot in that I don't like sports or fishing or steroids or other "manly" things).

My family and I live on the edge of poverty, barely making ends meet.

...How am I "privileged"? This isn't "MRA nonsense", it's seriously mind boggling how I fit into this "male privilege" that exists. If I have some kind of magic cheat button that lets me win at life, I'd like to start using it now, please.

Sorry, it's just the 35589375837 threads on "straight white male privilege" irk me somewhat.

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I have no job. I'm filing for disability. [View all] unreadierLizard Mar 2013 OP

I've been taken advantage of rrneck Mar 2013 #1

SWM Privilege Hayabusa Mar 2013 #2

Here's the thing. You can't even comment, because if you do you're "whining", you're Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #3

I would have less problem with the concept of privilege if some attempt were made to quantify it lumberjack_jeff Apr 2013 #4

I have seen some attempt to quantify it Major Nikon Apr 2013 #9

As usual; Warren, you`ve distilled it down to its essence perfectly. opiate69 Apr 2013 #10

In an economy in which labor had any value... lumberjack_jeff Apr 2013 #5

Except unreadierLizard Apr 2013 #6

I'm not saying, suggesting or inferring that you are faking it. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2013 #8

Best to 'lawyer up' right off the bat before ever making your claim. They take around $3k but if Purveyor Apr 2013 #7