Thread by @MichaelGLFlood

Privilege: Can be defined as “systematically conferred advantages individuals enjoy by virtue of their membership in dominant groups with access to resources and institutional power that are beyond the common advantages of marginalised citizens” xyonline.net/sites/xyonline… 1/6

Three features of privilege. Privilege typically is a) invisible, b) normalised, and c) based on a sense of entitlement among privileged groups. Journal article by Bob Pease and Michael Flood (2006), in full text at xyonline.net/sites/xyonline… 2/6

Privilege: a) Invisible: Members of privileged groups have an ‘unmarked status’. Unlikely to be aware of how others don’t have access to the benefits they receive, and thus unlikely to acknowledge the experiences of those who are marginalised. xyonline.net/sites/xyonline… 3/6

Privilege: So while some men are willing to acknowledge that women are disadvantaged and discriminated against, they are less willing to recognise that they are correspondingly privileged. xyonline.net/sites/xyonline… 4/6

Privilege: b) Normalised. Privileged lives become the idealised, dominant norm, the basis for measuring success. Various forms of difference are seen as inferior, weak or subordinate. How male privilege is normalised in workplaces, pp. 6-8 of xyonline.net/sites/xyonline… 5/6

Privilege: c) Based on a sense of entitlement among privileged groups to the privileges they receive. Members are more likely to argue that existing inequalities are legitimate or natural. Members show ‘internalised domination’. Examples, pp. 8-9 of xyonline.net/sites/xyonline… 6/6