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[–]whateverneverpine 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, they get it until they jump out of the trunk and physically assault you for being a gay male, then they realize you are female, and they assault you (I meant, RAPE YOU) and then assault you even more. Yeah, they get it.

[–]lefterfield 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, this. There was a story several years on tumblr, about a TIM who was mistaken by a rapist for a woman. The rapist discovered a penis instead of a vagina, and ran off in disgust. Still assault, still awful and criminal - but not a single commentator pointed out that if the TIM had actually been a woman, it would have ended MUCH WORSE. Cis privilege though, amiright?

[–]whateverneverpine 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Now that I think of it - what you describe is a common scenario, where TIMs who work as prostitutes are murdered. These TIMs are usually people of color. But this woman is decidedly mistaken, if she thinks being mistaken for a man is going to protect her in any way, shape or form.