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Discussion: Heterosexual Privilege: Does It Exist?
Member Since: 4/13/2012
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Originally posted by keshaspearsxo
I don't really believe in "priviliedge" because everyone should have it good and equal. It's not a "priviliedge" for certain groups, it's oppression in minorities.
Some groups of people having it good (straights, men, whites) isn't the issue, because everyone should have it good. The issue is the discrimination minorities experience.
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The two go hand in hand. You might not believe in privilege but it exists.. the "everyone should be equal" logic holds no weight, because everyone isn't and will never be equal.
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Member Since: 3/19/2012
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Bahahahaha. what privilege? There is none! End thread.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by Goosey
Bahahahaha. what privilege? There is none! End thread.
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Yep! Gay and bi individuals are treated equally and looked at the same as their straight counterparts in every single facet! End thread.
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Member Since: 12/9/2009
Posts: 13,069
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Originally posted by Hey Gurl Hey
I don't want to hear it from people that are uneducated. It is made up by "oppressed" groups who hate whatever type of "privilege" it is. I say get over it and accept the fact that people are complaining little cry babies who need someone to blame. And also, people only know you are gay if you walk around flamboyantly, flaming, or walk down the street singing Britney Spears. I say gays should stop trying to show off because nobody. freaking. cares. FYI that is why you see gays getting beat up and you know it.
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You clearly don'y want to hear it from people who are educated. There is a HUGE source of information as it pertains to social justice and heterosexual privilege from scholars, Ph.D's and highly educated individuals. But of course that's not what you really want to hear; you just want everyone to agree with the world you constructed, like an ignorant 11-year old raised in a toxic environment.
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Member Since: 3/19/2012
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Originally posted by Redstreak
Yep! Gay and bi individuals are treated equally and looked at the same as their straight counterparts in every single facet! End thread.
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Well, they are, unless they act in weird ways, and a straight person acting in weird ways would also be treated differently. I am treated the exact same as any straight person.
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Member Since: 4/7/2012
Posts: 10,174
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Member Since: 4/7/2012
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Originally posted by Goosey
Well, they are, unless they act in weird ways, and a straight person acting in weird ways would also be treated differently. I am treated the exact same as any straight person.
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The post you quoted said "every single facet".
No matter how much you want to deny this, gays and straights are not treated equally in every single facet (and this INCLUDES the law!). Talk to me when gays can get married around the world freely like straight people can. There are some countries where you can get killed for being gay. Where in the world is being heterosexual a crime? I'll give you a hint, nowhere.
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Member Since: 12/9/2009
Posts: 13,069
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Originally posted by Goosey
Well, they are, unless they act in weird ways, and a straight person acting in weird ways would also be treated differently. I am treated the exact same as any straight person.
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EXACTLY. You are treated the same as any straight person. But a straight person is not treated the same as any queer individual. Straight's have the privilege and comfort of being the standard. That is literally heterosexual privilege. Queers exist at the margins, never the center.
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Member Since: 7/15/2012
Posts: 30,915
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Originally posted by Sky Ferreira
The two go hand in hand. You might not believe in privilege but it exists.. the "everyone should be equal" logic holds no weight, because everyone isn't and will never be equal.
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I know a difference exists but I don't like to refer to it as a "privilege"
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a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.
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because it is not. This is standard treatment. Rather than their being a "privilege", there is oppression and discrimination. It describes the same thing but the use of the word privilege is horrible. I don't think a straight/white/male has a 'special right or advantage', they are just the standard. Everybody else is viewed as a lower and that is oppression / discrimination. The world is not fair but that doesn't mean we can't acknowledge it and at least attempt to change it.
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Member Since: 4/7/2012
Posts: 10,174
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Originally posted by Hey Gurl Hey
I don't want to hear it from people that are uneducated. It is made up by "oppressed" groups who hate whatever type of "privilege" it is. I say get over it and accept the fact that people are complaining little cry babies who need someone to blame. And also, people only know you are gay if you walk around flamboyantly, flaming, or walk down the street singing Britney Spears. I say gays should stop trying to show off because nobody. freaking. cares. FYI that is why you see gays getting beat up and you know it.
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There is so much ignorance in this post it's not even funny and I'm going to assume you're trolling because I don't want to believe somebody can be this ignorant.
I can assure the gays that are being beaten up in Russia and other countries are not "walk[ing] around flamboyantly, flaming, or walk down the street singing Britney Spears."
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Member Since: 4/6/2011
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Originally posted by Hey Gurl Hey
I don't want to hear it from people that are uneducated. It is made up by "oppressed" groups who hate whatever type of "privilege" it is. I say get over it and accept the fact that people are complaining little cry babies who need someone to blame. And also, people only know you are gay if you walk around flamboyantly, flaming, or walk down the street singing Britney Spears. I say gays should stop trying to show off because nobody. freaking. cares. FYI that is why you see gays getting beat up and you know it.
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child, ill pray for you. ignorant as can be
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Member Since: 4/7/2012
Posts: 10,174
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Originally posted by Javan
Well no. I don't care if you are gay straight or bi. You are all just people. I don't see sexuality. Stop playing the gay card. Owner of Apple is gay and he's like the richest person alive. There's is nothing stopping you from happiness and success.
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If only every heterosexual thought like you but they don't. As long as prejudice against homosexuals exists then so will heterosexual privilege. End of.
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Originally posted by Javan
Fair point. It's not like only gays are bullied, beaten, ostracised and suicidal because of their sexuality. Straight people get harassed to. The victim mentality is too much. Gays are treated equally in society. I don't see sexuality
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Straight people get harassed, yes. But give me ONE example of a straight person being harassed BECAUSE they were straight. People get harassed for being gay at all the time.
I have never heard somebody being ostracized for being straight and you haven't either.
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Member Since: 8/11/2012
Posts: 5,375
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Originally posted by Toxicity.
Yes, I live heterosexual privilege everyday. It's just something that comes naturally with being straight I guess.
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whatever you say dear
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Member Since: 8/4/2012
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Originally posted by freebitch26
that's like saying black people shouldn't worry about racism because of Oprah
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Member Since: 3/25/2012
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Originally posted by MP2K
...and then these fool go ahead and answer/respond thinking they make perfect sense. I'm done.
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This thread is a mess and I'm constantly surprised by the amount of uneducated people on this site. Embarrassing tbh.
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Originally posted by Dream
There is so much ignorance in this post it's not even funny and I'm going to assume you're trolling because I don't want to believe somebody can be this ignorant.
I can assure the gays that are being beaten up in Russia and other countries are not "walk[ing] around flamboyantly, flaming, or walk down the street singing Britney Spears."
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Read ha
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Member Since: 3/19/2012
Posts: 7,835
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Originally posted by Newt
EXACTLY. You are treated the same as any straight person. But a straight person is not treated the same as any queer individual. Straight's have the privilege and comfort of being the standard. That is literally heterosexual privilege. Queers exist at the margins, never the center.
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Well good luck fixing that, not even worth trying maybe with the Pentagon's "gay bomb"? And I'm not queer tyvm.
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Member Since: 3/22/2012
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Coming out shouldnt be celebrated, its part of who you are. You dont celebrate straight people
Sorry
Dd im on my phone meant to quote that one member
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Member Since: 10/30/2011
Posts: 1,016
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Originally posted by Hey Gurl Hey
No. There is no such thing as privilege like damn
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With every post you make concerning politics and social issues you prove to me more and more that you have the mental capacity of a spoon.
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No.
Not at all. fff
I swear, ATRL sometimes.
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
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Yes it does.
Mostly for gays that are "flamboyant". One of my best friends is very flamboyant and he gets bashed all the time or given looks at.
The media also treats us differently... You will barely see a sex scene or a kiss between a gay couple whether it be men or women.
I could go on all day tho. It definitely does exist.
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