Sure, and the authors acknowledge this. To quote the author of the male privilege checklist:
men have disadvantages too - being drafted into the army, being expected to suppress emotions, and so on. These are indeed bad things - but I never claimed that life for men is all ice cream sundaes.
Pointing out that men are privileged in no way denies that bad things happen to men. Being privileged does not mean men are given everything in life for free; being privileged does not mean that men do not work hard, do not suffer. In many cases - from a boy being bullied in school, to a soldier dying in war - the sexist society that maintains male privilege also does great harm to boys and men.
In the end, however, it is men and not women who make the most money; men and not women who dominate the government and the corporate boards; men and not women who dominate virtually all of the most powerful positions of society. And it is women and not men who suffer the most from intimate violence and rape; who are the most likely to be poor; who are, on the whole, given the short end of patriarchy’s stick.
So, not perfect but still useful.
Walking after dark in public spaces: another option might be "I would ensure that my daughters learn (a) some self-defence skills, (b) to run really fast".
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Sure, and the authors acknowledge this. To quote the author of the male privilege checklist: So, not perfect but still useful.
Walking after dark in public spaces: another option might be "I would ensure that my daughters learn (a) some self-defence skills, (b) to run really fast".
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Great link - thanks!