1. In this essay McIntosh is talking abou how white men generally have more of an aadvantgage in life than females or people of a different culture (Black, mexican etc.). She also addresses that this is likely to never change, that established gender and cultural roles will remain the same because those men in power are unlikely to either relinquish their power or to try to make a difference. The reader has to take into account that the writer is writing from the perspective of a women's studies student, which means that she will be writing in a sort of biased way or a feminist way. McIntosh lists 46 everyday activites where white men can feel superior to their non-white and female counterparts. Thesse activites seem so normal to us because that is the established norm. This could contribute to why there isn't really an effort to change things, people feel it is normal so they don't realize it needs to be changed.
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What does it mean to be advantaged or disadvantaged?
Why is it so hard to gender standards to be changed? What would be necessary to change them?
Is there an equal and opposite reaction from women of color? Meaning, do women and men of color feel equally opressed by white people, as white women feel opressed by white men?
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