Can anyone suggest a good male privilege checklist?

[lisaquestions]

I don't mean the one at Alas, A Blog... but an actually comprehensive one that's at least as good as Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.

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[lisaquestions.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

The theory assumes that trans girls are just like cis boys (or trans women are just like cis men) until transition, like the outward state of being male reflects an inner state of being a boy or man, and so a trans woman's experience of male privilege is necessarily identical to a cis man's experience of male privilege and please don't talk about passing privilege at all.

And, ah hell, another story about a trans woman that refers to her by her birth name. wtf. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/30/BA37138V7V.DTL) Yes, in this instance, she's the criminal, but that's no excuse.

[http://users.livejournal.com/innerlife_/]

As usual, most of the comments in that article are horrific. Makes me wonder how many people I see on the streets here in SF think so poorly of people like me.

[lisaquestions.livejournal.com]

I assume any cis person I don't know is a transphobic asshole. It gives me more opportunities for pleasant surprise.

I don't even read comments in articles about trans people. The people who post them are evil.

[http://users.livejournal.com/innerlife_/]

I can't help but look.

And click thumbs-down on every single evil one.

Maybe I should follow your advice.

I assume any cis person I don't know is a transphobic asshole.

I usually assign them into provisional "likely asshole" and "likely well-meaning but ignorant" groups.

[lisaquestions.livejournal.com]

I used to do that, but I'm less forgiving now.

OTOH, it's pretty easy to get out of the "transphobic asshole" category!

[lisaquestions.livejournal.com]

I mean, I don't treat people like they're assholes, I just expect it, and am pleasantly surprised when wrong.

[floorcandy.livejournal.com]

Egads! I'm pretty sure that comments page is going to give me nightmares. (One in particular actually made my flatmate physically sick.)

Strange how I once though SF was more liberal than that. o.O

[lisaquestions.livejournal.com]

You know, people tell me "I don't know how you can wade through the stuff you do to write what you write" and I really really really can't stomach those comment threads. :(

Sympathies.