Can a straight, white male liberal ever truly suffer at the hands of our culture?

[LeftishBrit]

115. Do you mean, can being a straight white male be in itself disadvantageous, or can straight white

males be disadvantaged for other reasons?

As regards the first, not commonly in wider society, though there may be specific situations in which being male can be associated with some social problems (e.g. sometimes in professions such as nursing or primary school teaching where males are in the minority and may be stereotyped or isolated). But not generally on the level of the problems caused by racism, misogyny or homophobia for example.

As regards the second, of course white straight males may nevertheless experience discrimination and disadvantage for other reasons: e.g. social class, poverty, illness, disability. Also, not all racism is based on skin colour - e.g. against Irish; Jews; immigrants who may be white (there is a lot of current prejudice in Britain against East Europaean immigrants).

However, those who claim that white straight males are endangered or suffer discrimination as a group are wrong, and generally bigoted.