How do you cope with your lack of privilege?

Long term reader, first time poster but have been writing and re-writing posts over and over to get the perfect one – I’m just going to go for it this time!

I really needed to rant and also to ask, how do the rest of you cope? I try to be idealistic but sometimes (including tonight after a long and fruitless argument with some supposedly liberal men) I feel as if ending misogyny  and sexism is hopeless. Does anybody else feel like this? What do you do to cope with it? There are times when I just don’t know how I’m supposed to live in a world that is so set up against women.

I have had debate after debate with my boyfriend (who identifies as a liberal progressive democrat) about rape and victim blaming. He spews many of the victim blaming myths and no matter what evidence I offer to show how rape is always the fault of the perpetrator, he won’t back down. This is the same for all of his friends. I don’t understand how  people who can be so liberal in some areas are so sexist (and often downright misogynist) in others.

Men’s rights organisations are another group that take away my hope. How can we end the problems of gender stereotyping and patriarchy when these groups are constantly reinforcing them and fighting us?

I’m sorry that I’m not going into much detail. I’m upset after having yet another argument about women’s rights and having my view destroyed and belittled because I am a woman. I’m so frustrated and feel like I can’t cope living in a world where I have to constantly fight and work harder then men to be taken equally seriously.