Imagine that you're in your 20's, leaving a bar, so drunk you can't see or walk straight.Is this really what is considered "white male privelege?" All people of all races and genders talk like this in their own circles. It's called being human.
You call an uber and get a ride home. Almost never will something bad happen to you along the way.
Now imagine the same thing but this time it's your attractive female sister in her 20's. More often than not something bad will not happen to you. But if the uber driver rapes her, or tries to rape her, what would your response be?
a) I'm going to fucking kill that guy
b) why would you call an uber when you're too drunk to comprehend what's going on
c) what did you do to instigate his behavior
d) suck it up, at least we're not in the middle east or you'd be dead
b is what people are referring to when they talk about white, male privilege. the fact that sometimes women can't do things that are perfectly normal for men to do and we don't really think about it because the dangers aren't particularly tangible for us
c and d seem to be acceptable responses to violence against women in this country when it comes to women we don't know, like Anita or Brianna
I think a is what everyone in this thread would think if placed in that situation
anita explores things that occur in popular media, her interest is in video games whereas other people explore it elsewhere like movies and books and television, that make it more likely for people to believe c and d when it comes to women they don't know