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Topic subjectDo you all disagree that it is much "easier" for a man to abandon
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13173038, Do you all disagree that it is much "easier" for a man to abandon
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Jul-12-17 01:23 PM
his family than a woman?

And I say easier from a social stigma to logistical point of view?

Ever see a birth certificate without a father's name on it? Sure.

Ever see a birth certificate without a mother's name on it? I wager never.


And if you think that is not the case why do you think there are so many mother single parent households than father single parent households?




>
>Black men face tremendous discrimination and persecution in
>society, absolutely. But, I can't get behind the idea that
>this absolves any and all privilege.
>
>I mean, by that logic, are we also going to posit that White
>Female Privilege doesn't exist because of the inequities white
>women experience under white patriarchy??
>
>And what if we consider Black folks whose father bounced when
>they were young who couldn't even tell you whether the man's
>dead or not or give the vaguest description of what he's up
>to. If a man abandons the people who love him before
>death/incarceration/substance abuse/illness/whatever, did he
>still exercise privilege? Hell yeah he did.
>
>But I also don't see the end goal of pontificating all the
>different ways Black Men are restricted from exercising
>privilege. At the end of the day it is often others - mostly
>Black Women and Children, mind you - that are left to pick up
>the pieces regardless. I don't think meaningful discourse
>involves disparaging the experiences of any one group.
>
>


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