As another trans woman it has been so hard for me to connect with other trans women because of this.
I’m very critical of men and the way they behave in our society, and my cis girl friends and gay male friends almost always agree.
Now every time I bring this up to trans friends they jump to defend men, girl why are you defending men when they’re literally the ones killing trans women and cis women at exponential rates and you’re telling me that men don’t have a problem??
I genuinely don’t understand that need they have to defend men…
Gay men absolutely benefit from the patriarchy. Gay male couples on average earn substantially more than the average straight couple, while lesbian couples make substantially less than the average straight couple.
Do gay men benefit in all the same ways as straight men? No. But they do benefit.