![]() ![]() For the most part, women do gain some benefits from the chivalric beliefs that are often chalked up to “female privilege”, just like men gain some benefits from the system of male privilege. To understand why the term “female privilege” obscures the root of the problem, it’s first necessary to distinguish the difference between the concepts that make it up and those that make up male privilege. But the reason that benevolent sexism works and “female privilege” does not is because it better identifies the system behind the beliefs. Now, if this were the only factor at work, then saying that “female privilege” is better called benevolent sexism would be splitting hairs. Without any context it could easily be seen as talking about “female privilege”, but in fact it’s an explanation of why benevolent sexism is so easily accepted by women. ![]() Not only is it subjectively favorable in its characterization of women, but it promises that men’s power will be used to women’s advantage, if only they can secure a high-status male protector. Instead, they use the term benevolent sexism to describe the practices because of how they are tied to the greater narrative of sexism in traditions/the status quo. The system of privilege uses that kind of reward system in order to perpetuate itself, but the existence of a reward isn’t proof in of itself of privilege. This is because being rewarded for not going against the status quo and being the recipient of institutional privilege are not the same thing. ![]() While feminists do agree that the practices that are commonly ascribed to “female privilege” (such as women being the recipients of chivalric practices) are expressions of inequality, they disagree that such practices should be considered a form of institutionalized privilege. Quick jump: Why It’s Benevolent Sexism | Male Privilege’s Counterpart ![]()
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