The Compounding Privilege of Being Society’s Default Person

Ben Lorimer
Sep 5, 2018 · 10 min read

Modern society has a default person. Despite living in a world filled with people with different colour skin and hair, of different sizes and background, of different genetics and cultures, able-bodied and not, this still exists. It’s who you instinctively conjure up in your mind’s eye when a character is briefly described in a novel. He, yes he, will be white. Straight. His penis will…

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Ben Lorimer

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Freelancer/PhD Student, so needless to say I’m just happy to be here writing about whatever takes my fancy

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