2007-06-19 07:39:18 · 3 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Straight privilege is the luxury that straight people have to be defined as "normal" by our society. People who are LGBT are automatically defined as "abnormal," and therefore are constantly having to justify who they are, or are having to deal with a system that defines them as "unacceptable" or "other" and discrimates against them for their sexuality alone.
Straight people have the privilege to go their whole lives without ever considering the fact that not everyone is like them, and they have the privilege to never be *systematically* discriminated against for being who they are.
2007-06-19 07:48:01 · answer #1 · answered by Nisha 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Straight privelege is the modern interpretation of white privelege which is another interpretation of male privelege. I am a straight white male and to tell you the truth, I don't feel one damned bit superior to gay people, black people, women or anyone else. It's time we ended privelege for a pecific group and embraced equality and acceptance for all.
2007-06-19 14:48:16 · answer #2 · answered by toff 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think if you read the answers to your previous questions, this question becomes self-explanitory.
2007-06-19 14:43:57 · answer #3 · answered by DEATH 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋