Nov 24, 2021
(Bonus) Social privilege is a theory of special advantage or
entitlement, used to one's own benefit and/or to the detriment of
others.
Privileged groups can be advantaged based on social class, caste,
age, height, nationality, disability, ethnic or racial category,
gender, gender identity, neurology, sexual orientation, physical
attractiveness, and religion. It is generally considered to be a
theoretical concept used in a variety of subjects and often linked
to social inequality. Privilege is also linked to social and
cultural forms of power. It began as an academic concept, but has
since been invoked more widely, outside of academia. This subject
is based on the interactions of different forms of privilege within
certain situations. Furthermore, it must be understood as the
inverse of social inequality, in that it focuses on how power
structures in society aid societally privileged people, as opposed
to how those structures oppress others.