In general I agree that “blind spot” (as suggested in the comments to that series of posts) would be a better term, but in this case, I think that being able to joke and display affection without people freaking out is a privilege even in the ordinary colloquial sense of the word.
Thanks for the link—I’d missed a bunch of the comments, including Ragen Chastain explaining why (though she won’t criticize other people for using “privilege”, she doesn’t use it herself.
See also the nice guy privilege.
It makes a fair point, although I think it’s also an illustration of how privilege is a terrible term for the phenomenon it’s used to describe.
In general I agree that “blind spot” (as suggested in the comments to that series of posts) would be a better term, but in this case, I think that being able to joke and display affection without people freaking out is a privilege even in the ordinary colloquial sense of the word.
Thanks for the link—I’d missed a bunch of the comments, including Ragen Chastain explaining why (though she won’t criticize other people for using “privilege”, she doesn’t use it herself.