I have male privilege. Here is why - I don't think that $50k/year at a bureaucratic make-work job, $20,000 in credit card debt, $600/month status symbol car payment, mortgage on a condo in a noisy complex where no one has a positive net worth, in an unsustainable debt economy, with $500 in the bank = "independent". Having the ability to understand this is quite a privilege. Mostly a male one.
The Great and Powerful Oz: "Funny, the heathens I know will do a far better job of defending their families than most of the Christians I know."
I think that it's probably because the 'heathens' (presumably males) are loved, respected, and appreciated by their families, their communities, and their culture.
Very much unlike how it is here by 'Christian' (i.e., 'Churchian', secular, etc.) families, communities, and culture.
Incentives matter. And there is little (to no) incentive to defend a family that has thrown you out through false accusations (and reduced you to penury), a community that has no respect for and rejected you, and a culture that hates you and has no appreciation for you.
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Funny, the heathens I know will do a far better job of defending their families than most of the Christians I know.
i had a talk with Drew about this. when huns come a calling, don't look for me to protect you.
I have male privilege. Here is why - I don't think that $50k/year at a bureaucratic make-work job, $20,000 in credit card debt, $600/month status symbol car payment, mortgage on a condo in a noisy complex where no one has a positive net worth, in an unsustainable debt economy, with $500 in the bank = "independent".
Having the ability to understand this is quite a privilege. Mostly a male one.
The Great and Powerful Oz:
"Funny, the heathens I know will do a far better job of defending their families than most of the Christians I know."
I think that it's probably because the 'heathens' (presumably males) are loved, respected, and appreciated by their families, their communities, and their culture.
Very much unlike how it is here by 'Christian' (i.e., 'Churchian', secular, etc.) families, communities, and culture.
Incentives matter.
And there is little (to no) incentive to defend a family that has thrown you out through false accusations (and reduced you to penury), a community that has no respect for and rejected you, and a culture that hates you and has no appreciation for you.
You don't know the right Christians
True - Western Churchians are a breed apart, historically/ theologically speaking...in all the wrong ways...
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