Author: wiring

duskroses:

freedominwickedness:

It is commonly assumed that males employed in traditionally female professions such as teaching and nursing receive less benefit from male privilege than usual because of their pseudo-minority status within the profession. This assumption has been debunked by several recent sociological studies showing that males in traditionally female professions are still privileged over female co-workers.

Whereas women in male-dominated fields are subjected to a “glass ceiling” effect in which they are excluded from promotions to middle and upper management positions, men in women-dominated fields are privileged by a “glass escalator” effect by which they are fast-tracked to the top. Men out-earn equally qualified women not only in every single traditionally male occupation, but also in almost every traditionally female occupation.

The really interesting part is that it’s now been found that the “glass escalator” effect specifically benefits white men with direct supervisors who are female and/or persons of color — it’s not just a male thing, but specifically an effect of the huge pile of privilege which gathers at the intersection of White and Man. This strongly suggests that that white men — but not men of color — are so strongly privileged by society in general that they remain privileged even in situations where women have a significant level of institutional power.

It’s a pretty good illustration of why women need to have safe spaces, actually. Because, yes, the combination of whiteness and maleness is that great a confluence of privilege. It also highlights the importance of race, because it’s specifically white men that have this huge confluence; men of color still have male privilege, but they are massively less privileged.

Reblogging for being Quite Fucking True. ^^;;