By virtue of this heterosexual privilege, Wilson is allowed the voice of the impartial, fair-minded expert.
The voice was the voice of Gandalf".
Although a limiting factor to this engagement is that potential participants, who may benefit from such discussion, may be excluded due to lack of internet access, therefore favouring the voices of those with sufficient privilege to access the space.
Will they grasp the role they are to play in using their privilege to elevate the voices of those that are often marginalized?
And, it will take more voices than mine to undo the damage of these narratives that have been written exclusively by these white men with privilege without considering the voices of others nor the impact of their words.
The space of male allies in feminism is a tenuous one, and one that is only successful when male allies use their platforms and privilege to amplify the voices of women, trans men, and nonbinary people.
Almost two decades later, Kleinman wrote that he intended "the explanatory models technique to be a device that would privilege meanings, especially the voices of patients and families, and that would design respect for difference" [ 26].
