Privilege(s)
Inversion of the concept of discrimination, which focusses on those who benefit from structures of inequality. These structures of inequality offer privileged groups and individuals a structural advantage. This may or may not be codified in law (e.g. the right to marriage and adoption and the associated opportunities and benefits, which in many countries are reserved for heterosexual couples). Privilege can therefore also be described as the absence of disadvantage or non-experience of discrimination. As privilege is generally associated with cultural dominance and interpretative sovereignty, the experience of privileged groups is often set as the norm. The existence and effects of privilege are thus hidden, so that many privileged people do not realise that they are privileged. Gender and racialisation are just two of many social constructions that can result in people being privileged.
Source: Universität Bielefeld