• JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    14
    ·
    3 days ago

    Definitely. It’s just an amplifier. Imagine a protestor saying “too many cops are violent and need to cool it”, as opposed to a cop saying “too many cops are violent and need to cool it”

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      3 days ago

      Exactly. Also some of us have learned to fear pushing back against cishet men who are being aggressive. As a trans lesbian I’m not going to improve the situation with confrontation, I’ll just get shouted at, called a snowflake, or otherwise dismissed. But when say, my girlfriend’s husband, a very large extremely masculine cishet guy challenges it, it may not always go well, but it’s perceived as peer disapproval as opposed to “triggering the enemy”.