23 weeks on T - Male Privilege

A rant about male privilege and how crucial it is for transmen to use their new rights to this "privilege" to enact a better and more equal world for women.

Also-- if you're a cisgender male who adamantly objects to the existence of, "male privilege," please note: The freedom you have to object to this reality, and the blindness you've been permitted your entire life, IS the result of the very same privilege you refuse to see.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• male
• privilege
• women's
• rights
• feminism
• feminist
• testosterone
• transgender
• ftm

[MrAustinHJ]

Hey - you mentioned swimming in the video - what do you wear to go swimming? I'm trying to figure out what to wear this summer.

Thanks man,

Austin

[sneetchinflux]

@MrAustinHJ hey austin. i've found that the underworks 997 works best in the water. I've cut mine in half and it's a size larger than the type i'd normally wear, then i just try to find a swim shirt of some sort that either has insignia across the chest, or has some sort of texturized material so it takes attention off lines the binder leaves when the shirt gets wet. the underworks swimshirt doesn't work well for me at all, but beck rosato (he's on youtube) seems to like it quite a bit.

[Hearten7]

You're not the first FTM person who has observed this phenomenon. Women strongly suspect men are treated with more respect just because they are men; when men transition from female to male they find that this is true & most of them rightly take offense. Thanks for speaking up. This is one of the reasons I believe FTM's make better men than some CIS-gendered men. Male privilege status makes no sense. Thank you for seeing that & for speaking out. Loved how song lyrics filled in your message. lol

[sneetchinflux]

@Hearten7 Thank you for watching and caring. :)

[FutchPhotography]

Jamie, I just want to tell you how much I enjoy your videos.

I appreciate how open you are about everything. I'm so lucky to have you as a friend and a role model.

Stay strong bro.

Xoxx- Harris

[sneetchinflux]

@FutchPhotography :)

[BornagainKristina]

I trully respect you for making this video dear and as a female (transgender female) I can honestly say how male privilege is discusting and T dosent actually make one great, it is funny how some think this is the case. Keep on stating the facts dear and dont let the haters stop you, I get tons of haters on my channel also but I dont care what they thinl. It kinda sucks to hear that us females are not appreciated though :( but thanks for speaking your mind. :D

[MrJimmyBeat]

great video.would really like to hear more about this!

[timestop2100]

Just wondering if you have had top surgery? You look great!

[deesince1985]

You are soooo right

[fenderguck]

Great video!

[Presenceofmemory]

As someone who is very androgynous to begin with, and does sometimes pass without much help from anything aside from clothes, I have had conversations with guys and been perceived as male that I have had to deal with this too. And then when I am treated "less than" I get very upset, and normally question that person why does it matter. This is true even in Massachusetts, which is infuriating. Thank you for backing this up.

[heyrobin5]

Thank you for addressing this and posting.

[AmbientSoundz]

And actually (sorry to post again) when I think about it, there are women out there who have been thoroughly socialized into believing that they -are- less capable in some ways because they are women. I've known a surprising number actually. It's not even necessarily anyone's fault anymore, it's just amazing what society can put into your head that so many people don't bother to question or think on.

[AmbientSoundz]

Thank you. Just... thank you. lol

I actually grew up in the same area that you are near, Central Texas, and for a long time I thought maybe it was solely a Texas or southern phenomenon. Having lived on the east coast for ten years, I'm sorry to say that it's not. It might be flavored slightly differently, but it's still there.

[St1kyFinguz]

I'm still a little skeptical. How do you know for sure that what you're calling "Male Privlege" isn't what the Military calls Command Presence or what the streets call Swag? Cuz I know a lot of guys with out Command Presence or swag and the catch hell!