Gender Privilege: Case Study

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How can the concept of White Privilege be expanded to include gender privilege, class privilege, or heterosexual privilege? According to Monahon (2014), p. 73, stated, “In the broadest terms, the concept of privilege is meant to capture the unearned benefits and advantages that accrue to members of dominant groups as a result of the ongoing exploitation and of members oppression of members of dominated groups”. One way white privilege can expand to class by a wealthy son of a business owner. Who thinks because he is born into a wealthy family, he is straight he is better than the middle class, homosexual male and he makes fun of the boy. This boy oppresses the middle class female because she is homosexual, lower class, and female. Provide