Dude, this is common knowledge. What is your point?
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Yes, we know that they feel aggrieved. Why does involuntary celibacy cause such a feeling and why does it often translate to violence and even suicidal violence? What kind of social program or psychological support could be effective here? We need more than just platitudes.
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Yes, that part is captured by the "entitlement" part. It's an outcome of not getting what they think they're deserved by virtue of being male and white. Michael Kimmel covers the concept herehttps://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=7WVGDgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT7&ots=zcErrk8wsQ&sig=nhqdXm1NLPM0TlYgHdSuQbXr9xw#v=onepage&q&f=false …
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I read the review. “White men, he claims, have held the upper hand for so long that equalizing the playing field results in explosive rage” Which white men have held the upper hand? The miners? The factory workers? The binmen? Who is Kimmel talking about?
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Yes. Miners, factory workers, and garbage men have privilege and social advantages from their whiteness and maleness. It doesn't fully counteract class disparities but benefits them compared to other races/genders at similar levels
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So what privilege is this white miner hanging on to, the loss of which is making him so angry? Keeping his job at the mine?
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Several things. The mine job used to provide more economic security, family & gender dynamics used to center on him and his power in the household, there's also a general feeling of superiority to other races or women. DuBois talked about this as psychological wages of whiteness
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In the south even poor, non-slave owning white people supported slavery because it gave them higher social status compared to slaves, some higher prestige roles for controlling slaves, and the dream that they themselves may own slaves one day.
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That may have been a motivation over a century, but black people are free now and many work in jobs alongside our miner. Is he angry because there are black people in the mine now?
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