It&#x27;s not too long ago that women wouldn&#x27;t be promoted or considered for certain jobs, because they might get pregnant and leave. That was an all but accepted and admitted practice.<p>There are certainly current results from those legacies, since people tend to hire people like themselves. And there probably are more than a few surviving neanderthals that still believe those practices should be followed.<p>So yes, being a male, just like being white in the US, does give you certain current or legacy advantages.