“They believe (foolishly I think) that the power they have and exert over others is a good thing and they want to hang on to it, they're terrified of losing this stuff. What I'm talking about is what's been called 'male privilege.”

Source: Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us (1995), p. 108

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