ditto
by rantywoman
This great quote could also apply to dating while female and over 35:
http://updates.jezebel.com/post/34721205017/beth-ditto-i-feel-sorry-for-people-whove-had-skinny
“I feel sorry…for people who’ve had skinny privilege and then have it taken away from them,” she writes in her book. “I have had a lifetime to adjust to seeing how people treat women who aren’t their idea of beautiful and therefore aren’t their idea of useful, and I had to find ways to become useful to myself.”
thebitterbabe 
White privilege..Male privilege…now skinny privilege…I guess, as a thin white male, we should all just kill ourselves so only fat colored women exist in the world.
Male privilege doesn’t exist anymore post 1950s. Because of the changing of the economy, change in culture, the promotion of women, anti-male agenda in society; men today are ill equip to deal with the new expectation of the male role in contemporary society.
I don’t know why I still am, but I am constantly surprised by how many angry men there are in the world and how they make every little comment an indictment of their identity.
Tell me about it… there were another three comments that went straight to the trash.
Also this particular post generated an amazing 752 views and, I suspect, a lot of fury. Quite remarkable.
I guess i was just ticked off by the word privilege. Its not privilege if its earned. How would you feel if someone told you that your accomplishments were because of some privilege and not your efforts? Would you say this guy has skinny privilege ?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116747/Manohar-Aich-turns-100-Indias-Mr-Universe-Pocket-Hercules-celebrates-100th-birthday.html
I get what you are saying, but I’ve come to believe that weight ranges are biologically determined, and while a person can move up or down within a set range, they can’t do much more than that. And if they lose a ton of weight, they almost inevitably gain it back.
I’ve been relatively slim most of my life so benefitted from this “privilege,” but even I have noticed how ultra-slim women will often get this ridiculously preferential treatment from guys. It’s kinda bizarre.
Also, I think what she is saying overall is that there are certain types of men who only treat women well if they find them attractive, ignoring or belittling the others. Not all men are like that, but I have certainly encountered some who are! So women eventually have to learn to disregard that behavior.
How do you earn being white or male?