This illustration is also depicted in the Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture where the author states “For men in high-risk fraternities, women threatened their brotherhood; therefore, brothers discouraged relationships and harassed those who treated women as equals or with respect.” (Boswell, Spade, 1991). For many men, the idea of gender equality is treated as a form of destruction to their manhood, so without reluctance they take any action they can in order to stall this supposedly devastating change in american gender relations. Aside from all of this however is a silver lining, when describing the unjust treatment of men regarding custody in divorce courts The New York Times article states “They fail to recognize that fathers these days do a lot more child care than they used to, that …show more content…
In many instances, the article “Angry White Men” cites the entitlement and perception of an almost god given birthright of white men to be the beneficiaries of preferential treatment. This draws many similarities to the ideas exhibited throughout the White Privilege and Male Privilege reading, for instance, “Whether through the curriculum or in the newspaper, the television, the economic system, or the general look of people in the streets, I received daily signals and indications that my people counted and that others either didn't exist or must be trying, not very successfully, to be like people of my race.” (McIntosh, 1988). This quote exemplifies the attitude white males can possess, an air of superiority or idea that they are the type of people deemed proper and all others are not of this grace. Although progress has been made to eradicate some of these ideas, unfortunately, like the main idea of this case study displays, there are many out there who still hold these radically outdated ideals. A task for our generation is to continually challenge and persist on the elimination of this perceived superiority and hopefully one day grant all genders and races the same