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Luscious Lyon Case Study

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Male privileges is a set of privileges that are given to men as a class due to their institutional power in relations to women as a class. In the case of Luscious Lyon (Terrance Howard) who stars as the main character embodies great power. Partially being so that he is the head of the house hold as well as the bread winner. He is highly respected by his family and those around him. Unlike his ex-wife Cookie who take the inferior role of her ex-husband. Before Luscious was powerful he was very poor.

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