concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: male privilege

gender identities and roles
type: Concept
narrower: male privilege

male privilege
type: Concept
broader: gender identities and roles
definition: Male privilege is a special status conferred on males in societies where male supremacy is the central social organizing feature. Such patriarchal societies confer broad social, economic, and political assets on men because they are male. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Privilege, Male]