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[–]PhineasPhage 23 points24 points  (1 child)


From my understanding, this problem is the way gay men, as men, retain the privileges of men and the implications that has for women (with respect to power and such). I can't find the article now, but I very recently read a story on how a gay man essentially assaulted a woman, grabbing her breasts and rear, and when she got offended, he protested that he was gay, so it didn't matter. She could still be treated deferentially under the pretense that "it didn't matter" because the man was gay.

Here's another link on some of those aspects where I think those complains arise from.



Oh certainly. It's also apparent in the way that cis queers (men and women) marginalize trans people within cis queer dominated spaces. The privileges are still being retained.

In the case of gay men assaulting/harassing women, it's still not "gay male privilege" causing it. It's the same harassment that hetero men subject women to. She's treated deferentially because she's a woman. The "I'm gay" element is just an excuse, as a hetero man would say that he's "just kidding" or something of the sort. It's still his male privilege giving him the social permission to do so.