The Male Privilege Checklist pgs. 536-538

The general argument made by Peggy McIntosh in her work The Male Privilege Checklist, is that that males have a lot more privileges than women in many things.  More specifically McIntosh suggests that there are 46 specific privileges that men have, and that they need to humble themselves and give up these privileges. She writes, “This checklist is, I hope a step towards helping men to give up the first big privilege.”  McIntosh is suggesting that these privileges that are listed are old and need to be reconsidered when we go about our daily lives. In conclusion, it is McIntosh’s belief that males have derived certain conclusions on what their privileges are, and that people need to reconsider some of these privileges.

In my view, McIntosh is right, because we now live in a society where it is ok for a male to do a job that say a female would normally do. It is also the same the other way around, more females are doing certain jobs that males would normally do.  For example there are more and more male nurses. I think it is awesome that our society can accept that now more than they would have, say 20 years ago. Although some men still believe that they have these privileges, I think that they need to humble themselves and come to an agreement that they will not always have these privileges and that they are wrong. Therefore, I conclude that males play a vital role in everything, but so do females and they should have equal rights.