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This article by Holly Brewer explains the stereotypes associated with Gender in today's society.

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While most people realize that stereotypes are untrue, many still make assumptions based on gender. There are many stereotypes we may all be guilty of, such as assuming that all women want to marry and have children, or that all men love sports.

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The hilarious buzzfeed video shows what it would be like if we enforced childhood gender roles in an adults life.

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This picture is a little aggressive but it gives insight to an issue still seen today- categorizing/marketing toys for girls or boys specifically.

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Television is one of the largest contributors to the construction of Gender. TV shows have a large audience and many of them are impressionable youth

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Media plays a large role in creating social norms, because various forms of media, including advertisements, television, and film, are present almost everywhere in current culture. Gender roles, as an example, exist solely because society as a whole chooses to accept them, but they are perpetuated by the media. Conspicuous viewers must be aware of what the media is presenting to them, and make sure they're not actively participating in a culture of oppression.

Even on young children, gender roles are being pushed through advertisements. My search for American advertisements with girls playing with action figures and boys using easy-bake ovens was fruitless, and even when I moved to a gender neutral product, sidewalk chalk, the advertisement was sending different messages towards boys versus girls. The girls were all coloring on the sidewalk, as the one young boy rapped, ending in a short dance routine where it was clear that the only male in the advertisement was the main character. Are consumers of sidewalk chalk actively trying to send this message of submission to their 9-year-old girls? Likely not, but the media is sending them the message without being stopped. However, Tide, a Proctor and Gamble laundry detergent, has taken its advertisement in a better direction, recently showing a clip where the leading male actor proudly proclaims "I'm a stay-at-home dad," and later goes on to braid his daughter's hair. By showing a man playing out typically "feminine" behaviors, Tide is promoting a more equal society.

Television is the most pervasive form of media, with 96.7 percent of American families owning a TV, according to The Nielsen Company, which takes TV set ownership into account when it produces ratings. This, of course, means that viewers must carefully examine the content of the programs they choose to watch, and decide if they can ethically support and promote said content.

For example, The Big Bang Theory, in its earlier seasons, had only one consistently present female lead -- Penny, played by the lovely Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting. Penny's character was that of the stereotypical female: the ditzy, attractive neighbor, who existed solely to create sexual tension between herself and one of the show's leading men, Leonard Hofstadter. As the show progressed, the characters developed and more females were introduced, but Sweeting's character still exists primarily to create romantic tension.

A better example of female representation in television can be found in the American version of the TV show The Office, which had five consistent female leads -- Pam Beesly-Halpert, Angela Martin, Phyllis Lapin-Vance, Meredith Palmer and Kelly Kapoor. There is a strong, working-class female represented in each department of the fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin, and all of these female characters are dynamic. Even though some of them did portray female gender roles, such as the character of Kelly being emotional, the characters were given enough development and background to be more than just stereotypes. The Office worked against the unfortunate statistic that men outnumber women in television two to one, and gave viewers a plethora of strong females in the workplace, helping to move the media to more accurately represent the real world, where women are 51 percent.

Film is less pervasive than television, which means consumers must be even more particular when choosing movies to support. Every $8 movie ticket tells the film industry to produce more movies like the ones viewers have paid to see, which is why it is disappointing that Grown Ups 2, directed by Dennis Dugan, grossed about $200,000,000 more than The Call, directed by Brad Anderson. Only about a quarter of the cast of Grown Ups 2 is female, and the movie doesn't pass the Bechdel test, a test created by Alison Bechdel, which asks only three questions: Does the piece have two or more female characters? Do they speak to each other? Do they speak of topics other than men? Although the movie has stars such as Maya Rudolph and Salma Hayek, the female characters don't have a conversation about anything other than men. The Call, starring Halle Berry and Abigail Breslin, features a strong female lead (Halle Berry) who saves a young girl (Abigail Breslin) after being kidnapped by a character played by Michael Eklund, but grossed significantly less. The message consumers are sending to filmmakers is that they should produce more films with women falling into the resigned, quiet, gender role, as opposed to films that break away from these molds.

There's nothing wrong with accepting gender roles. For example, I want to be a stay-at-home mom, but this is a personal choice, not something that I feel society or tradition is forcing me to do. The problem with gender roles is that they can cross a line and become oppressive. If a young woman wants to become a doctor, and a young man a teacher, it is the rest of the world's responsibility not to bat an eye. If a doctor can cure the sick, what does gender matter? If a teacher can educate a student, who are we to deny the pupil the right to learn, solely on the grounds of the sex of his or her teacher? If a man wants to cry, let him cry. Men feel just as women do.

Although the media isn't yet representing either gender void of stereotypes, a societal change will bring about a change in the media. Regardless of this, gender roles are just that, roles. It is up to the individual to decide whether or not they are going to fill them. The best advice that can be given is to make sure, above all else, that you are fulfilling a role you want to be fulfilling, regardless of where it fits in society's set of theoretical constructs.

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Media plays a large role in creating social norms, because various forms of media, including advertisements, television, and film, are present almost everywhere in current culture. Gender roles, as an example, exist solely because society as a whole chooses to accept them, but they are perpetuated by the media.

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Even daily use products are advertised by Gender. In this commercial we see that an employee has luscious hair and his co-worker speculates that he uses woman's shampoo but in the end we see the man grabbing Dove shampoo "for men".

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Funny Shampoo Commercial - Dove Men Shampoo

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This buzzfeed quiz helps people identify whether or not they can be classified as a privileged person.

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This picture puts privilege into perspective. Just because the end goal is the same doesn't mean it was equally easy to get there.

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He added, "It is my hope that in talking about these injustices, vowing to never repeat them, and acting to right these wrongs, we can begin to heal."

In the 1950s, a special unit of the Mounties began a broad campaign aimed at removing gay and lesbian members of the military and other government institutions who were seen as vulnerable to blackmail by the Soviet Union. There are no known cases of gay public employees passing information with any foreign power.

To identify targets, the authorities conducted surveillance, made threats and even developed a so-called "fruit machine" built in order to detect homosexuality. At one point, 9,000 people were under investigation by the unit, according to some estimates.

Although Canada partially decriminalized homosexual acts in 1969, the program continued until 1992, ruining tens of thousands of lives, as gay people endured shame and punishments ranging from the loss of security clearance and jobs to imprisonment for "gross indecency and physical abuse."

In some cases, lawyers for the plaintiffs said, some gay women were raped by men who told them it would correct their sexual orientation.

Some of the victims are believed to have committed suicide after their careers were destroyed.

Mr. Trudeau's apology and his government's historic settlement, which gay-rights advocates hailed as unprecedented anywhere in the world, are the latest steps in a review begun last year by his Liberal government to address the devastating impact of the discriminatory program.

"It's something we can be extremely proud of in Canada," said R. Douglas Elliott, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit. "At a time when America is going backward and trying to reintroduce discrimination, we are moving forward and facing this historic injustice, making reparations to the victims and an unshakable commitment that this discrimination will never be repeated."

The settlement, which totals 145 million Canadian dollars, will allow surviving victims who faced government retaliation between 1962 and 1996 to claim compensation, Mr. Elliott said. They will also be eligible for financial compensation ranging up to 150,000 Canadian dollars for those who experienced severe psychological and physical harm.

Because many victims have died, 15 million Canadian dollars has been allocated for an array of reconciliatory and memorial measures in their honor. These will include the construction of a national monument in Ottawa and educational programs on the history of discrimination against gay and transgender people.

Simon Thwaites, 55, lost his house and livelihood after he was forced out of the Canadian military in 1989 because he was gay. He said his excitement over the settlement was tempered by the trauma he has endured for decades.

"It's a great step, but you can't take away the hurt and damage in one day," Mr. Thwaites said.

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Canada Offers $85 Million to Victims of Its 'Gay Purge,' as Trudeau Apologizes

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He added, "It is my hope that in talking about these injustices, vowing to never repeat them, and acting to right these wrongs, we can begin to heal." In the 1950s, a special unit of the Mounties began a broad campaign aimed at removing gay and lesbian members of the military and other government institutions who were seen as vulnerable to blackmail by the Soviet Union.

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Male privilege is a real thing and this article describes over 160 scenarios where this holds true.

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As a man, what does gender equality mean to you?

Because while fairness is a valuable goal, equality for equality's sake isn't nearly as important as justice - for liberation's sake.

By naming the problem, we're not just saying "this is wrong, so let's fix it." Instead, we're inviting you to consider the impact of gender inequality on your life, and we're encouraging you to make a change for your own sake and for the sake of your community.

Our current cultural expectations, legislative system, and social programming work to sustain a hierarchy that constantly places men on the top. Consequently, men consistently achieve, succeed, and benefit at the expense of every other gender. That's called male privilege.
But here's the thing about male privilege: it hurts everyone, including you. This is because accessing male privilege often requires you to conform to a toxic norm of masculinity .
You know this norm - it's idea that the only "real men" are the ones who don't show their emotions, who solely value sports and physical strength, who don't reach out for help when they need support.

And you probably also know that no man completely fits into this narrow box of masculinity, and that our society is unforgiving toward people who don't fit what they're "supposed" to be.

So we have to face the ways traditional masculinity is rewarded with privilege in order to liberate everyone from the painful trap of society's oppressive boxes.

You don't have to be a bad person to benefit from male privilege, and recognizing your privilege doesn't mean saying you don't deserve good things.

But once you understand that these often invisible perks aren't available to everyone, you can see why addressing privilege means recognizing that people of all genders deserve equal access to basic respect for our humanity. There's more about this at the end this article, but for now I'll end with saying I'm so glad you're taking steps to make a change by reading this article and sharing it with the other men and boys in your life.

Without further ado, let's face these examples of male privilege in the US so we can make the change we all deserve.

3. You're not automatically assumed to not know what you're talking about - or subjected to mansplaining.

4. Common vocabulary favors your gender as the default, with language like "mankind" and "foreman," and dictionary definitions of words created by men.

6. You're not expected to swear less, apologize more, or other supposedly "lady-like" behaviors that reflect stereotypes of your gender being submissive.

15. You can get praise for ordinary parental duties or for being a single father, while mothers are simply expected to do the same and even criticized for single motherhood.

16. You're not said to be going against your gender's "natural instinct" or your role in society by not having children.

17. You can be outgoing or open about your choices without people calling you an "attention seeker."

18. You can enjoy traditionally "masculine" hobbies like sports without people saying you're just doing it to impress men.

19. You're more likely to be congratulated for having lots of sex, rather than shamed for it or called a "slut."

26. You can be open about enjoying sex without people feeling automatically entitled to having sex with you.

28. People don't assume something's wrong with you if you don't want to get married - or insist you must be lying, and warn you that "time is running out."

29. You're not expected to change your name if you get married or questioned if you don't.

30. Products like Viagra exist with the aim of helping cisgender men maintain their sex lives as they get older, and social norms congratulate you for doing so. There is far less support for women to continue being sexual beings as they age.

31. You can be expressive about your sexuality in conversation, art, music, and more, without people accusing you of "using your body to get by."

32. You can participate in kink, BDSM, and other alternative sexual practices without being judged as a "slut" or facing assumptions that you're not in control of your own sexual choices.

33. You can be non-monogamous without people judging you for going against your gender's "nature."

Gendered Harassment and Violence

36. You're less likely to be the target of street harassment. The majority of women have experienced street harassment in their lives, and most of the men who do are queer or gender non-conforming .

39. You can drink in a bar alone unbothered. In many other public spaces, including bookstores, coffee shops, festivals, and more, a woman alone is often assumed to be available for men to talk to and harass.

40. You can travel alone without worrying about being targeted for violence because of your gender.

41. You're less likely to experience intimate partner violence.

42. You're less likely to be stalked.

43. You're less likely to be the victim of revenge porn.

44. You're less likely to be raped, especially if you never go to prison.

48. You can enjoy partying without people blaming your "lifestyle" if you're sexually assaulted.

50. You can set a drink down at a party without having to worry about being drugged and assaulted.

55. You can age naturally without being judged for "letting yourself go" if you experience changes like graying hair, gaining weight, or getting wrinkles without using cosmetic products to cover these changes up.

56. Your gender is considered to get "finer with age," while women are considered less desirable.

57. You're under less pressure to be thin, and face fewer social and economic consequences of being fat than women do.

58. You aren't expected to eat less, with ideas of being "lady-like" including dainty portions.

66. You can show your nipples in public, and are less likely to be harassed overall for showing some skin - even when women in public are using breasts for breastfeeding, they can be subject to harassment.

68. You can sweat naturally without being shamed or judged - and the media shows people of your gender sweating from physical activity a lot more often.

77. Successful people of your gender who are , , and other public figures are respected by the media for what they do - not just their appearance and clothes.

82. Comedians of your gender don't face stereotypes of your gender as universally "unfunny."

85. In online gaming, you can play characters of your gender that aren't hypersexualized.

89. If a person of your gender isn't elected to public office, it's not because of their gender.

91. A political candidate of your gender isn't scrutinized more for his appearance than his abilities.

92. A political candidate of your gender won't be penalized by the idea that they can't balance both family life and public office.

93. Politicians of your gender aren't said to have their abilities negatively affected by bodily functions like menstruation.

94. Fictional media is more likely to show your gender in positions of political leadership, giving the public the impression that you're naturally born to be in charge.

95. Political leaders of your gender aren't judged for not demonstrating "lady-like" behavior that's the opposite of qualities that public views as leadership skills, like confidence or "not being afraid to speak your mind."

96. You don't have politicians primarily of another gender making laws to control your gender's bodies.

97. There are more lawmakers of your gender determining the rules we all have to live by. For instance, women make up not even 20% of Congress.

100. You can have strong political opinions without people calling you a "feminazi" or judging you for being "opinionated."

103. You're not insulted for going "against your gender's nature" for choosing to have a career, but not children.

104. If you choose to have children, you're not questioned about how having a family would hurt your ability to do your job.

108. You get more financial support for your work - like more financing for resources , more funding for start-ups , more lab and office space .

109. You're assumed to be the leader of your household - so you can avoid stereotypes like assuming you'd have to "check with your husband" about taking a promotion.

111. You're more likely to work in "formal employment," which is government regulated to insure wages and certain rights, and less likely work in "pink collar jobs," like domestic labor, which are considered "women's work" and have less stability, job security, and pay.

113. If you're a single father, that doesn't put your household at the highest risk for poverty - lone mother households are most susceptible.

115. You're not stereotyped at work as not belonging in higher paid roles, like being mistaken for the nurse if you're the doctor, or for a secretary when you're a lawyer.

116. You can put little time into your appearance without a negative impact on your work life, like having people believe you're unprofessional or not put together.

117. You can spend less on products to maintain your "professional" appearance. Women are expected to spend more on clothing, accessories, and beauty products, even when they're earning less.

118. You can be assertive at work without being labeled "bitchy" or "bossy."

119. You're more likely to be perceived as a leader.

121. If you're never promoted, it's not because of your gender.

124. If you're careless with money, it's not attributed to your gender.

127. You're less likely to have your failures at work as a sign that your gender shouldn't be doing this type of work. This is especially true in male-dominated industries and leadership positions.

131. You can look up to professional role models of your gender in your field and see them lauded for their achievements, not just their appearance.

133. You're more likely to be remembered for your own work accomplishments, rather than your marriage or appearance.

Childhood and Education

153. As you're growing up, you have more positive role models of your gender to choose from in media, history books, fiction, and more.

157. At school, you can learn about your gender's contributions to the world without needing extra electives or men's studies departments to be included in the curriculum.

Religion (And the Lack Thereof)

158. If you're religious, you're much more likely to have religious leaders of your gender, with every major religion led by men.

159. If you're religious, you're less likely to be assumed incapable of choosing your religion for yourself, like when people assume that Muslim women need "saving."

166. Sacred and religious figures and deities like the Christian God are usually portrayed as your gender.

Male Privilege is Real, But Intersectionality Means That It Looks Different for Different Men

Examples of male privilege demonstrate how the patriarchy shows up - but they aren't representations of every man's life, at every moment. They aren't things that only men have ever experienced.

It's just more likely that you'll get these benefits if you're a man, because they're supported by the system of patriarchy.

But a man of color may have to worry about being targeted for racist violence. A mentally ill man could be targeted for police brutality. A gay man could be the target of homophobic violence.

These examples don't invalidate the existence of male privilege, which are benefits denied to people who aren't men due to their gender. But they show why the context of intersectionality (how different forms of systemic oppression intersect) matters.

In other words, we tend to think of male privilege as what men experience, as opposed to what women experience.

But the truth is, everything we're taught about how we can determine people's gender at birth and categorize everyone as a man or a woman is wrong.

For example, , , and people are outside of the gender binary of men of women, and transgender women who are treated like "men" aren't experiencing male privilege.

These realities complicate examples from research on gender oppression, which unfortunately tend to refer only to cisgender men and women. At the end of this article, I'll share the work of some writers who fill in the gaps of who we tend to erase when we use binary language.

This collection shows the real magnitude of what we're dealing with when it comes to gender-based oppression. Though some examples may seem small on their own, they show how the larger system of patriarchy is maintained every day.

So What Can You Do About Male Privilege?

This is the world we're living in - inequality from casual interactions to deeply entrenched gender norms, creating social, legal, and health consequences for people who aren't men.

So what can you do about it? Use this resource to build awareness. Notice how you're contributing to these harmful cultural norms. And check out some further reading for next steps on addressing male privilege:

I thank people like Adrian Ballou , Michal "MJ" Jones , Sam Dylan Finch , and Pidgeon Pagonis for their work in helping us change the erasive language the gender binary relies on.

Some of these male privilege examples appeared on the following lists, so go support these writers as well:
Maisha Z. Johnson is the Digital Content Associate and Staff Writer of Everyday Feminism. You can find her writing at the intersections and shamelessly indulging in her obsession with pop culture around the web. Maisha's past work includes Community United Against Violence (CUAV), the nation's oldest LGBTQ anti-violence organization, and Fired Up!, a program of California Coalition for Women Prisoners. Through her own project, Inkblot Arts, Maisha taps into the creative arts and digital media to amplify the voices of those often silenced. Like her on Facebook or follow her on Twitter @mzjwords.

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160+ Examples of Male Privilege in All Areas of Life - Everyday Feminism

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As a man, what does gender equality mean to you? Because while fairness is a valuable goal, equality for equality's sake isn't nearly as important as justice - for liberation's sake. By naming the problem, we're not just saying "this is wrong, so let's fix it."

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In this article we see how some people argue that women have privilege but those a debunked.

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Privilege is defined as a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.

In the context of gender - or even the lack of it - it's only evident that men are born with more engrained advantages in society than any other group within the spectrum, such as better pay, career expectations, larger jurisdiction over their bodies, along with certain questions they just never have to ask themselves .

So if male privilege inherently exists, does female privilege?

When juxtaposed with certain social norms, legal structures, and educational statistics, it seems that women possess certain advantages over men. For example, certain arguments advocating female privilege cite purport mothers as being more likely to receive custody of children in divorce cases or for degree candidates over men. universities as more accepting of women

There are a few reasons as to why such research - while statistically true - doesn't equate to female privilege.

But before I begin to dismantle these myths, I want to establish that this piece addresses the misconception of female privilege within the cisgender sphere; the lives of transgender women, men, and those who identify as gender non-conforming contain an entirely different set of misinterpretations that justify a separate piece entirely devoted to those issues.

Further, this piece does not intend to suggest that cisgender privilege does not exist. While women do not experience privilege on the grounds of gender alone, cis women do benefit from being cisgender.

The most common misconception of female privilege, as compared to male privilege, is that society dictates women as the beneficiaries of chivalric practices, such as assistance with heavy objects, holding doors open, or even receiving drinks, dinner, and in some cases, expensive jewelry.

While an abundance of chivalry can teeter on overwhelming, most women I know - myself included - definitely enjoy these benefits, just like men enjoy benefits of male privilege.

Yet unlike male privilege, "female privilege" corners women into benefiting from a much smaller, domestic sphere, rather than the system at large.

When people refer to "female privilege," they're likely referring to the positive counterpart of a male non-privilege. It's definitely true that men experience social injustices - nobody's lives are perfect. But a lot of these non-privileges - such as expecting men to stifle emotions or providing for families - aren't indicative of female privilege because women are not inherently benefiting from what men are disadvantaged by.

The advantages women are thought to have at the expense of men reflect the patriarchy's demands for men as competitive, dominant, and authoritative. At the same time, its demands for women are to be submissive, nurturing, and inferior.

And that subjugation of women simply isn't how privilege - as a social phenomenon - works.

So here are a few myths about female privilege, debunked.

1. Women Receive Chivalry - And Therefore, Free Dinners, Open Doors, and More

Today, we equate chivalry with society's expectations of a man to go out of his way to pamper a woman. And while this definition of chivalry seems like it's coming from a good place, the term itself is antiquated.

Chivalry, as defined in The Free Dictionary , is a system of rules originating in the medieval era that dictate qualities expected of a knight, such as honor, courage, and a readiness to help the weak.

What seemed to be a non-discriminatory act of courtesy has narrowed its focus to women throughout the years - which has implications.

But are free drinks and open doors benefitting women in society, as real privileges? They're not hurting, but they're not helping either.

The pampering part of chivalry can verge on being unsolicited, which actually means the social constructs women supposedly enjoy are really just positive encouragement for men.

It views women as unequal - either as weaker or placed too high on a pedestal - and men who treat them as such might be expecting to be rewarded for their gentleman-like manners.

The rests in how chivalry is begrudgingly considered a female privilege, yet it is men who bestow the act.

Overindulging a woman and then calling it a privilege is basically a serpent eating its own tail. If women truly had a privilege that complemented a man's, it would be benefitting her in the public and private sphere.

2. Women Are Under No Pressure to Provide for the Family - Unlike Men

It's no secret that society dictates men to be the primary - if not sole - breadwinners of the (cishetero) household.

Both women and men are working hard to make their mark in the professional world these days and finding what works right for them. More and more, men in relationships are opting to function as homemakers for various instances, whether it be to raise children or to support their partner's career.

Yet we still see men being ridiculed for their decisions and women having to see the man that they love bogged down by an archaic stereotype.

So are women who aren't under pressure to provide benefiting at the expense of men? Nope, still no dice.

It turns out the very "privilege" of being apathetic about a career is what hurts career-driven women. The patriarchal expectation of men providing for the family is reciprocated by women caring for the children and household.

And at the risk of a woman taking days off to nurture a child or just deciding to stay home, companies are less likely to hire female candidates . White women still make 77 cents for every dollar a white man makes, despite them making up of the workforce.

3. On That Note, If Women Don't Feel Like Working, They Can Just Marry Rich

Assuming a woman can throw in the towel at a moment's notice and marry a rich partner is an incredibly sexist assumption.

Not only does it endorse an odd reality in which rich men are available in endless quantities and for marriage on-demand, but it also caters to politics of desire, something not all women can benefit from.

So no, the answer to workplace discrimination or unequal pay isn't to marry a richer spouse.

4. Women Are Accepted as Emotional Beings

This instance is yet another example of how the patriarchy chastises men for showing signs of weakness - or, in other words, acting like a woman.

The very phrases of " man up " and "take it like a man" may as well just say, "Don't be like a woman!"

Men are taught from an early age that women are weaker and emotional, and that so much as a teardrop will chip away at masculinity. It's an unfair burden for men to cage emotions, but it's also done at the expense of women.

By viewing an open acceptance of women's emotions as a "privilege," it only reinforces women as being a lesser gender and placing an inhuman hardship on a very fragile male ego.

5. Women Have a Higher Chance of Getting Accepted into College

But are women getting accepted into colleges at the expense of men? Not necessarily.

At the same time, women are also dominating the fields of jobs traditionally considered "female": teachers, nurses, administrative assistants, and so on.

In the interest of avoiding these "feminine" career paths, more men are opting out of college altogether, rather than pursue a career that could be seen as emasculating in society.

Olivieri calculated that the biggest obstacle keeping men out of college may just be society's stigma against gendered jobs.

6. Women Are More Likely to Win Child Custody Battles

One of the biggest myths against marriage equality is the same underlying notion behind the myth of women being more likely to win child custody battles: that mothers are absolutely necessary in a child's development.

Statistics show that women are far more likely to win custody of children in a divorce, yes. But they are also far more likely to ask for it.

A conducted in Massachusetts over the span of over five years found that fathers who actually sought custody - though the numbers were significantly smaller than mothers who did - overwhelmingly got, at the very least, joint custody.

It's not that fathers are less competent parents - and saying so is a harmful patriarchal notion.

7. Men Are More Likely to Die of Suicide

The victims of suicide are largely depression victims, and men have been shown to harness drastically different symptoms of depression. Traditional symptoms, such as crying or outright sadness, have been shown to manifest themselves less often in men, largely because of cultural stigmas against men showing emotion.

Meanwhile, some cite method as the reason why more men are dying from suicide. Women are more likely to use nonviolent methods of suicide, such as overdosing, while men are more likely to use quick, ensuring methods, such as firearms - which just so happen to be more effective.

Asserting that this statistic is evidence of female privilege is false. Because women are not gaining advantage from the higher suicide rates of men - no one is.

Just because male privilege exists doesn't mean its counterpart, "female privilege," is also present. Women in the United States and around the world continue to face discrimination in all magnitudes and have the system largely pitted against them.

Intersectional feminism is the movement that incorporates the plights of people of all races, bodies, and abilities into the collective conversation on feminism - including men!

No one is saying that men aren't suffering from systematic injustices against them. They most certainly are. In the examples listed above, there are instances were men are clearly disadvantaged.

The key, though, is that it is rarely, if ever, at the explicit expense of women.

On the other hand, women and their quality of life does suffer at the expense of male privilege.

And that's the difference.
Nikita Redkar is a Contributing Writer for Everyday Feminism. She is a freelance writer in New York City who currently interns for Fusion Network where she writes about diversity in pop culture and how it's shifting the current landscape of racial and gender politics. When she's not writing, she is taking classes in sketch comedy and reading bizarre astronomy theories. She likes cute animal gifs and dislikes long walks on the beach, plagues, and other cliches.

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7 Reasons People Argue That Female Privilege Exists - And Why They're Mistaken - Everyday Feminism

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Women in the workforce are subject to a barrier when it comes to career advancement as compared to men in the same profession.

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The Glass Escalator is the term used when a male progresses faster in a women dominated field than a woman in that field.

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Definition of the Glass Escalator

Let's start this lesson off by first thinking about the experience of riding an escalator. With an escalator, you're able to get on it, stand and usually have people get on behind you. There are also most likely some people ahead of you. You all have your place on the escalator, and you can see above and below you.

In other words, you can experience the ride on an escalator as you move up. The same can be said about the glass escalator effect in the professional workplace. We'll want to think about career advancement as an escalator. Women notice the men who advance around them and move up the escalator. They also sometimes wonder why they aren't moving up themselves or receiving promotions as quickly, when everyone is supposed to have the same opportunities.

The glass escalator effect describes the differences in upward advancement between men and women in the workplace, particularly those workplaces that are female-dominated. Some possible solutions to level the gender playing field include promotion based on evaluation, assessment of performance, seniority systems and so on.

As you are most likely aware, the study of sociology is concerned with human society and culture. Gender equality in the workplace has been debated for decades within the field of sociology. Now, let's take a closer look at the implications of the glass escalator theory on gender in the workplace.

Effects of the Glass Escalator

Have you ever wondered why some people advance in their careers more quickly than others, when it appears everyone is performing the same in their jobs? Or, maybe you are a woman and have noticed that even though some men you work with do the same work as you and meet the same standards, they are moving higher in the company at a much quicker pace. This may be a product of the glass escalator effect.

Riding a glass escalator means that there are hidden advantages that men experience in female-dominated work environments, which put them in the position to rise to higher levels because of their gender. In female-dominated industries, such as social work, nursing and education, the number of opportunities for women is generally increased. However, when the glass escalator effect occurs, men still tend to rise to higher levels than women and do so by hidden advantages.

A hidden advantage is a benefit that occurs for men in the workplace when they are not actively trying to make it happen. Here are some examples of hidden advantages for men in the workplace:

Stereotypes about men's masculinity tend to result in them being viewed as more natural leaders than women.

Women who take charge may be viewed as aggressive as opposed to assertive in the professional workplace.

Women are often viewed as making emotional decisions as opposed to men being viewed as making rational decisions.

Women might be considered less of an asset than men due to child-rearing and family obligations that may keep them from working steadily.

The rarity of men in certain fields makes them stand out all the more and may lead to preferential treatment.

Men may face stigma associated with female-dominated workplaces, which then results in those in charge awarding them higher positions that are more in line with traditional gender norms. For example, a man may be pushed into a principal position at an elementary school when he originally started out as a kindergarten teacher, or a man may be offered a supervisory position in the field of social work by his boss instead of working as a front line caseworker.

These are just some of the hidden advantages that men receive in a female-dominated workplace that contribute to them being able to ride the escalator higher than women. Let's review some examples of when this would occur in the workplace.

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Let's start this lesson off by first thinking about the experience of riding an escalator. With an escalator, you're able to get on it, stand and usually have people get on behind you. There are also most likely some people ahead of you.

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This article does a great job explaining how intersectionality goes hand in hand with feminism.

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"Intersectional feminism" is much more than the latest feminist buzzword. It is a decades-old term many feminists use to explain how the feminist movement can be more diverse and inclusive.

If feminism is advocating for women's rights and equality between the sexes, intersectional feminism is the understanding of how women's overlapping identities - including race, class, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation - impact the way they experience oppression and discrimination.

A white woman is penalized by her gender but has the advantage of race. A black woman is disadvantaged by her gender and her race. A Latina lesbian experiences discrimination because of her ethnicity, her gender and her sexual orientation.

Intersectionality has received increased attention in part due to how the Women's March on Washington came together. The rally, which began organically on Facebook, was initially criticized for failing to include any women of color as organizers. Now its leaders include Tamika Mallory, an African-American civil rights activist and former director of the National Action Network; Linda Sarsour, a Muslim who heads the Arab American Association of New York; and Carmen Perez, a Latina activist who directs Harry Belafonte's Gathering for Justice. The march's policy platform is called "Unity Principles," which include the belief that "gender justice is racial justice is economic justice."
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"This has been a conversation about feminism for years, but what we're witnessing now is a literacy, newer generations are coming to feminism and starting to understand how intersectionality fits within their feminism and how it can widen their view in a sense of how we think about advocating and shaping policy," said Syreeta McFadden, professor of English at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York City and a writer on racial discrimination and African-American culture.

The concept was given a name in 1989, when Kimberlé Crenshaw, a law professor at UCLA and Columbia and a leading thinker on race theory, wrote a seminal paper on the topic.

Today, the term makes some people uncomfortable in part because it suggests that white women recognize their privilege and examine the ways in which that privilege can make other women invisible within the feminist movement.
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"White women do not want to jeopardize their power or their interests, so now they need to ask what they will do differently to help other women," said Ruth Enid Zambrana, director of the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity at the University of Maryland and the interim director of the university's U.S. Latino Studies Initiative.

Intersectional feminism means not focusing solely on breaking the glass ceiling in corporate America, for instance, but in raising the minimum wage, as nearly two-thirds of minimum-wage workers in the U.S. are women, according to the National Women's Law Center.

"I'm a bit over how the mainstream narrative flattens the feminist movement to try to make it into the Sheryl Sandberg-identity of feminism," McFadden said. "Not to say that she didn't have ideas that were helpful and on point, but there is a class conversation that gets lost."

Intersectionality also means broadening the conversation around reproductive rights.

"Some intersectional feminists have been critical of framing reproductive justice claims in terms of a feminist demand for 'choice,' since choice discourse presumes that all women have the economic means to afford an abortion if they so choose," said Juliet Williams, professor of gender studies at UCLA. "Moreover, privileging attention to abortion rights over other reproductive justice issues - such as forced sterilization - can be seen to elevate a middle-class white women' agenda over other issues that are equally if not more important to poor women and women of color."

In the current political climate, some say the time is right to embrace intersectionality.

"Intersectional feminism is especially important right now as we face a situation in which many women are confronting multiple forms of vulnerability," Williams said. "In times like this, there is a real danger that feminism itself can function in an exclusionary manner by marginalizing less powerful and less privileged women and allies - the very people who most need feminism today."

Here's how feminist scholars explain the meaning of intersectionality in their own words:
Juliet Williams, professor of gender studies at UCLA
"Intersectional feminism is a form of feminism that stands for the rights and empowerment of all women, taking seriously the fact of differences among women, including different identities based on radicalization, sexuality, economic status, nationality, religion, and language. Intersectional feminism attends to the ways in which claims made in the name of women as a class can function to silence or marginalize some women by universalizing the claims of relatively privileged women."
Nancy J. Hirschmann, director of the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality at the University of Pennsylvania
"Intersectional feminism is the idea that 'gender' or 'women' doesn't just refer to a single unified concept: all women have a race, whether white, black, Asian, Latina, etc. as well as a class, ethnicity, religion, etc., and their experiences as 'women' differ because of those other differences. The different aspects of our identity intersect - white women's experiences 'as women' is partly defined by their race, just like black women's experiences are, it's just that it's easier for white women to ignore their race. So if 'feminism' is supposed to represent 'women' it has to attend to those differences."
Ruth Enid Zambrana, director of the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity at the University of Maryland
"There isn't just one 'feminism. There are 'feminisims.'"

"Intersectionalism is crucial. How do we begin to disentangle 'women' from 'African American women' from 'Puerto Rican' women from 'Mexican American women' from 'international women'?"

"White women need to recognize that gender isn't a single category. There is a need to acknowledge underrepresented women and domestic groups that have different histories and are at a tremendous disadvantage."
Alia Dastagir writes about media and culture for USA TODAY. You can follow her on Twitter @alia_e.

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What is intersectional feminism? A look at the term you may be hearing a lot

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"Intersectional feminism" is much more than the latest feminist buzzword. It is a decades-old term many feminists use to explain how the feminist movement can be more diverse and inclusive. If feminism is advocating for women's rights and equality between the sexes, intersectional feminism is the understanding of how women's overlapping identities - including race, class, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation - impact the way they experience oppression and discrimination.

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The character 'Crazy Eyes' from the famous show 'Orange Is The New Black' is one of the only few characters on main screen television that is intersectional.

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In this Ted talk video, Kimberlé Crenshaw does a splendid job of explaining why intersectionality is important to today's society.

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Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; as she says, if you're standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you're likely to get hit by both.

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#MeToo is used by victims of sexual misconduct/abuse or violence. People used the hashtag to share their stories on social media and spread awareness.

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Free the Nipple is a movement for equality, empowerment and freedom for all human beings.

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The latest Tweets from FREE THE NIPPLE (@freethenipple). We are a feature film and a real life movement. For more information go to our website. How far will you go for Equality?

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Miley Cyrus views herself as genderless.

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Miley Cyrus has revealed that she sees herself as 'genderless' and 'ageless' and even doesn't like to see herself as separate to animals.

During a pre-recorded interview with Ross King, which was aired on ITV's Lorraine on Friday, the 24-year-old pop star made the assertion that she enjoys living as a 'spirit'.

When asked towards the end of the interview what she thought was 'weird' about her, she responded: 'I'm weird for many reasons. I think I feel genderless, I feel ageless.'

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'I'm just a spirit soul, not divided by human being, even animals,' she continued. 'There's no me and them and there's no us and you. I just want to be nothing.'

However, while she likes to live her own life free of definition, she was quick to brand anybody who's not a fan of her beloved godmother Dolly Parton 'weird'.

She joked: 'I was saying last night that if you don't like Dolly you're weird. And if I'm telling you you're weird that's saying something because I'm the weirdest person I know.'

She added of the country music superstar: 'No-one doesn't like Dolly... She's all super respectful and love. She's such a great musician and also a great role model.'

Miley, who is now engaged to actor Liam Hemsworth, 27, after an eight-year on-off relationship, recently opened up about her sexuality during an interview with Variety in October, after revealing she identified as 'pansexual'.

'My whole life, I didn't understand my own gender and my own sexuality,' she confessed.

'I always hated the word "bisexual", because that's even putting me in a box. I don't ever think about someone being a boy or someone being a girl.'

During an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week, Miley opened up about why she quit smoking marijuana.

The hitmaker said her decision to refrain came after she suffered terrifying nightmares, and is helping her focus on releasing her sixth studio album.

'This record at this moment is the most important album that I've ever made,' the Tennessee native said. 'So I wanted to make sure that I was super-clear in the way I'm talking.'

The former Hannah Montana star, who's already released two singles - Malibu and Inspired - from the forthcoming album, said she's 'the most passionate' she's ever been over the record.

'I say this every time, but I loved making this record so, so much,' the chart-topping beauty said.

The We Can't Stop singer delved into her past habits, telling Fallon, 'It's like no one's ever died from weed, but no one's ever smoked as much as I did!'

Miley told Fallon she's 'always been very stoned on [his] shows,' referencing a past appearance she made in October of 2015.

'It's weird to be here; Remember the last time I was here? I was dressed as a bunny rabbit and then like a cat. There's a reason for that - I was high!'

The Tonight Show wasn't the only famed NBC franchise Miley linked with her past marijuana use, as she told Fallon she 'kept having this nightmare' that she'd overdose on marijuana while hosting Saturday Night Live.

'I had a dream that I would die during my monologue on SNL for some reason,' the Wrecking Ball artist said. 'That I would just get so stoned that I'd just, like, died - which I've Googled and that's never happened.'

Last month, Cyrus told Billboard that the change in lifestyle has had a noticeable impact on the way she views the company she keeps.

'I like to surround myself with people that make me want to get better, more evolved, open,' she said. 'And I was noticing, it's not the people that are stoned. I want to be super clear and sharp, because I know exactly where I want to be.'

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'I'm a genderless spirit!' Miley Cyrus dismisses labels - even human

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Miley Cyrus has revealed that she sees herself as 'genderless' and 'ageless' and even doesn't like to see herself as separate to animals. During a pre-recorded interview with Ross King, which was aired on ITV's Lorraine on Friday, the 24-year-old pop star made the assertion that she enjoys living as a 'spirit'.

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This movie can be an example of feminist praxis as it is one of the first movies to come out of Hollywood where the main character is gay.

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Nick Robinson stars in this adaptation of Becky Albertalli's young adult novel "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda."

It's very rare for a major Hollywood studio to produce and distribute a coming-of-age story centered around a closeted gay teenager. These kinds of stories are nothing new to independent film (see "Pariah," "Mysterious Skin," and more), but major studios have long avoided putting a gay protagonist front and center. 20th Century Fox will finally buck the trend next year with "Love, Simon," starring Nick Robinson in the lead role.

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The film is adapted from Becky Albertalli's young adult novel "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda." Robinson plays a closeted high school student who must deal with typical senior year struggles with friends and family all while battling the emotional turmoil of not coming out. Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Logan Miller, Jennifer Garner, and Josh Duhamel co-star.

20th Century Fox will release "Love, Simon" in theaters March 16, 2018. The film is directed by Greg Berlanti, best known as the co-creator of CW series "Green Arrow" and "The Flash," among others. Watch the first trailer below.

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'Love, Simon' Trailer: A Major Hollywood Studio Finally Made a Gay Coming-of-Age Movie

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Nick Robinson stars in this adaptation of Becky Albertalli's young adult novel "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda." It's very rare for a major Hollywood studio to produce and distribute a coming-of-age story centered around a closeted gay teenager.

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This gives us a diagrammatic representation of the different qualities involved with intersectionality.

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This picture shows supporters trying to raise awareness of the unrealistic body images that the media portrays. They are demonstrating this by standing on the street almost naked to show off their "not perfect" bodies

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Rihana introduced a makeup line called 'Fenty' and its inclusive of all women no matter what race or skin color they have.

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Rihanna recently blessed the world with the release of her Fenty Beauty makeup line. She was praised for the inclusivity of the range, with 40 different shades of Pro Filt'r foundation on offer.

And here's what all those shades look like on 40 different people:

YES, RIRI, WE SEE YOU. 👑👏

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This Is What The 40 Shades Of Rihanna's Fenty Foundation Looks Like On 40 Different People

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Rihanna recently blessed the world with the release of her Fenty Beauty makeup line. She was praised for the inclusivity of the range, with 40 different shades of Pro Filt'r foundation on offer. And here's what all those shades look like on 40 different people: YES, RIRI, WE SEE YOU.

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I believe Colin Kaepernick displayed a praxis by standing up (kneeling down) for what he believes in. He got down on one knee during the national anthem at one of the NFL games because of his opinion on oppression in the USA

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, center, knelt during the national anthem before an exhibition game against the San Diego Chargers on Thursday. Credit... Chris Carlson/Associated Press

SAN DIEGO - As he was walking off the field at Qualcomm Stadium, Colin Kaepernick's ears perked up and his head swiveled just before he reached the tunnel leading to the visitor's locker room. He planted like he was trying to avoid a linebacker, made a hard right turn and raced to the edge of the stands.

For the next 15 minutes, Kaepernick signed jerseys, T-shirts, caps and even a woman's forearm. He posed for one selfie after another, beaming along with children and grown-ups alike. He also listened to what they had to say - be it a heckler who told him he won't have football to interfere with his activism much longer or a supporter who encouraged him to keep speaking out.

"You're the voice for us," he shouted.

While Kaepernick, at ease and engaged, worked his way among a couple hundred fans, it was clear that he was among his people - and not just because so many were wearing San Francisco 49ers gear. They were mostly Latino, Asian and black.

"A lot of those people are people that I want to give equal opportunities to," Kaepernick said.

It was not the only hard pivot Kaepernick had hoped to effect Thursday night. He also wanted to redirect the narrative stemming from his recent refusal to stand for the national anthem. What began as a gesture to protest police brutality and social injustice had careened into a national debate on everything but that.

Instead, the question being asked was whether Kaepernick was disparaging the sacrifices made by the military.

Kaepernick warming up on Thursday for his first game since his gesture of protest last week. Credit... Denis Poroy/Associated Press

So, on Thursday night, in his team's final exhibition game before the start of the N.F.L. season, Kaepernick, along with his teammate Eric Reid, took a knee instead of a seat during "The Star-Spangled Banner," all with the blessing of Kaepernick's invited guest, Nate Boyer, a former member of the Army's Green Berets.

Also, Kaepernick announced afterward that he would donate the first million of his $11.9 million salary for this season to charitable organizations and that he was open to speaking to students at the San Francisco Police Department academy.

"Once again, I'm not anti-American," Kaepernick said. "I love America. I love people. That's why I'm doing this. I want to help make America better. I think having these conversations helps everybody have a better understanding of where everybody is coming from."

Kaepernick said at one point during a lengthy postgame news conference that his stance had been portrayed out of context by the media. Nevertheless, Kaepernick was also cleaning up a mess of his own making on Thursday when photos surfaced of him wearing socks to practice this summer that featured cartoon pigs wearing policeman's caps.

As it happened, the 49ers were playing in a city with a sizable military presence, thanks to nearby Camp Pendleton, and the Chargers were also celebrating their 28th "Salute to the Military" night, replete with a local Marine band, sky divers and a large flag that was unveiled before the national anthem. The anthem was sung by Petty Officer First Class Steven Powell, who also sang "God Bless America" between the third and fourth quarters, which Kaepernick applauded.

Reid, who was in a sweatshirt and pants, knelt beside Kaepernick at Thursday's game.

"Things have happened in Louisiana and the injustices that are happening could have happened to one of my family members," said Reid, who is from Baton Rouge, La. "It touched close to home and I just wanted to show my support to him and let him know that he is not the only person who feels the way that he feels. There are a lot of people out there that feel that way."

Still, Kaepernick was booed at every turn on Thursday - when he entered the field to warm up, when he took a knee, and virtually every time the 49ers offense broke its huddle. It did not seem to impact his performance. He directed the 49ers to two scoring drives in the first half of their eventual 31-21 victory.

Kaepernick's decision to sit for the anthem brought widespread attention to a game that would have been all but ignored. The N.F.L.'s final exhibition games come after more than a month of practice, rarely feature any starters and are seen by coaches as exercises to get through unscathed before the start of the regular season.

But it was important to Les and Jackie Cohen, who were each cradling one of their newborn twins - Daytona and Matthew, who were born on the Fourth of July - after driving two hours from the desert town of Victorville, Calif., to deliver a message to Kaepernick.

"We're inspired," Les Cohen said. "We decided to exercise our First Amendment rights - the right to tell him he's fired. I'm sorry he's so oppressed, he's making $18 million." (Kaepernick is due to make $11.9 million this season.)

Kaepernick is the latest professional athlete to speak out on social issues in recent years, something that many - most notably Michael Jordan - had refused to do for decades for fear of losing endorsements. The basketball players LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, and the tennis player Serena Williams are among stars who have used their considerable platform to address social injustice.

But using the flag or anthem to make a point can be sticky.

For two seasons, Carlos Delgado, then a first baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, stayed in the dugout when "God Bless America" was played during the seventh-inning stretch as a way of protesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But when he signed with the Mets in 2005, he acquiesced to the team's wishes and joined his teammates on the field when it was played.

Twenty years ago, the N.B.A. suspended Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf for two days without pay when he refused to stand during the national anthem.

Kaepernick seemed to have grasped this late Thursday night when he detoured to interact with fans. His hair, cropped short when he entered the league, has grown out into a bushy Afro. He seemed to let it down, in a figurative sense, with fans.

Kaepernick appreciated that they cheered for him at a time when it is not popular to do so. He also seemed to have struck the right note with them.

"I understand his message," said Staff Sgt. Jonathan Felix, who said he has been deployed four times to Iraq and Afghanistan. "There is a lot of oppression in the world and he's fighting for people just the way I have been. It's mind-boggling that so many people are against him when he's fighting by taking a stand."

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This Time, Colin Kaepernick Takes a Stand by Kneeling

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SAN DIEGO - As he was walking off the field at Qualcomm Stadium, Colin Kaepernick's ears perked up and his head swiveled just before he reached the tunnel leading to the visitor's locker room. He planted like he was trying to avoid a linebacker, made a hard right turn and raced to the edge of the stands.

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"In 2013, three radical Black organizers—Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi—created a Black-centered political will and movement building project called #BlackLivesMatter. It was in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman."(blacklivesmatter.com)