Heterosexual Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Purse or It Is Wallet?

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Introducction to Sociology December 10, 2013. Heterosexual Privilege: Unpacking the invisible Purse or it is Wallet? “I was taught to see transexuality only in individual acts of prejudice, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group” Thinking through unacknowledged heterosexual privilege as a phenomenon, I realized that, since hierarchies in our society are interlocking, there is most likely a phenomenon of heterosexual privilege that is denied and protected. As a heterosexual person, I’ve come to acknowledge my upbringing as something that puts others (transsexuals) at a disadvantage. Yet, this same upbringing blinded me to the inherent social disadvantage experienced by transsexuals. Through my experience, I can recognize that heterosexuals are taught not to identify the privilege of their group over transsexuals. I have decided to identify some of the daily effects of heterosexual privilege in my life. I have chosen those conditions that I think in my case attach somewhat more to sexuality privilege than to class, color, or status, though of course all these other factors are intricately intertwined. As far as I can tell, transsexuals that I come into contact cannot count on most of these conditions. 1. Knowing that there will always be Public Bathrooms intended for my gender 2. Knowing that I can always count on count of being recognized by my given name without prejudice or question of my gender 3. If I want, I can apply for adoption, and be sure that I will be given a change because of my sexual preference 4. I can be sure that others will use the correct pronoun when addressing me 5. I can shop for clothes that are advertized for my gender 6. I can go to the pharmacy/doctor, ask for hormones and not be questioned 7. I can open the newspaper and see heterosexual couples looking back at me 8. I can flip through
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