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male privilege  

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  • 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]

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