I love analogies! Lets have one.Imagine that you dearly love, absolutely crave, a particular kind of food. There are some places in town that do this particular cuisine just amazingly. Lots of people who are into this kind of food hold these restaurants in high regard. But lets say, at every single one of these places, every now and then throughout the meal, at random moments, the waiter comes over and punches any women at the table right in the face. And people of color and/or LGBT folks as well! Now, most of the white straight cis guys who eat there, they have no problemafter all, the waiter isnt punching them in the face, and the non-white, non-cis, non-straight, non-guys who love this cuisine keep coming back so it cant be that bad, can it? Hell, half the time the white straight cis guys dont even see it, because its always been like that and it just seems like part of the dining experience. Granted, some white straight cis guys have noticed and will talk about how they dont like it and they wish it would stop.Every now and then, you go through a meal without the waiter punching you in the facethey just give you a small slap, or come over and sort of make a feint and then tell you they could have messed you up bad. Which, you know, thats better, right? Kind of?Now. Somebody gets the idea to open a restaurant where everything is exactly as delicious as the other placesbut the waiters wont punch you in the face. Not even once, not even a little bit. Women and POC and LGBT and various combinations thereof flock to this place, and praise it to the skies.And then some white, straight, cis dudeone of the ones whos on record as publicly disapproving of punching diners in the face, who has expressed the wish that it would stop (maybe even been very indignant on this topic in a blog post or two) says, Sure, but its not anything really important or significant. Its getting all blown out of proportion. The food is exactly the same! In fact, some of it is awfully retro. Youre just all relieved cause youre not getting punched in the face, but its not really a significant development in this citys culinary scene. Why couldnt they have actually advanced the state of food preparation? Huh? Now that would have been worth getting excited about.Think about that. Seriously, think. Let me tell you, being able to enjoy my delicious supper without being punched in the face is a pretty serious advancement. And only the folks who dont get routinely assaulted when they try to eat could think otherwise.