"privilege" is a form of social power and/or cultural capital. Sometime it's derived ... from x having more culturally-enforced social power-over than y ...
*nods*
I'm currently puzzling through a way to explain the concept in a "beginner's language" way, especially for this case of bipedal privilege. To whit (something like):
"Being able to climb a flight of stairs with ease is not a privilege, in and of itself. But it can morph into a privilege when that flight of stairs is the only means provided to enter a desirable space."
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*nods*
I'm currently puzzling through a way to explain the concept in a "beginner's language" way, especially for this case of bipedal privilege. To whit (something like):
"Being able to climb a flight of stairs with ease is not a privilege, in and of itself. But it can morph into a privilege when that flight of stairs is the only means provided to enter a desirable space."