Oh, absolutely. And I think this holds even more when we're talking about actual numerical minorities.

But that the same time, it's very difficult for men not to become the same sort of problematic talking-over-people-when-they-just-don't-get-it "allies" I was talking about in my next post. Look at Joss Whedon: he means well and does a lot of good stuff, but still manages to be pretty sexist for a "feminist".