“The thing about patriarchy is that individual men, gay and straight, are often really wonderful people who you love deeply, but they have internalized some really poisonous shit. So every once in a while they say or do something that really shakes you because you’re no longer totally certain they see you as a human being, and you feel totally disempowered to explain that to them.”
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and then they get personally offended when you try to explain your feelings to them OH BOY IT IS THE BEST
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Just the absolute bestest.
My favorites are: “I just said it to make you react.” and “It was just a joke.” Oh, and I had a gay friend who repeatedly asked me what I would do if I found out that the guy I liked actually had a vagina (I don’t know if he meant as a trans-man or if he was….I don’t even know). As if that was the most horrible thing that could possibly happen if I asked him out.
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