Do cis men treat men better than women?
Does anyone who passes have any insight in how men treat fellow men vs how they treat women? It seems like a no brainer to some, but not me, and it's important that I know what to expect.
Backstory- I was traveling recently and didn't want to stick out in red areas so I presented the way I assumed would be safer i.e. I shaved and put on neutral clothes. I am usually seen as a trans woman back in Portland and that's been pretty obvious in how interactions have changed, more hostile store clerks, stuff like that. So like I said I decided to play it safe with this trip, but I parked my car to fill up my window washing liquid, I was on the side of the road in a neighborhood off the hwy. Not a big deal but a man rolled up in his car asking me a bunch of questions, but as he was slurring words/drunk I was civil with him because ik drunk people are sensitive.
I explained and said I could move to somewhere else if he wanted. He tried to intimidate me and then started calling the cops. I was like woah buddy I'll leave it's okay. As I drove away he was shouted threats and I heard him brag to the cops "yeah I handled that chick."
It was weird, but I remember when I was pre-hrt, I often experiencing cis men trying to intimidate me.
I wondered if this gave a glimpse into the way cis men treat women vs how they treat men. I wondered if I had been perceived as a cis man would I have been treated better or worse? I assume worse, but I have no real experience to base it off of.
I hear that it's lonely being a man, and it's harder than being a woman. I was led to believe that being a woman was easier, too. But when I'm on the phone, since my voice dropped I've noticed a more relaxed attitude when on the phone with men in customer service, when I call the mechanic (of course), when I call to make apts, and so on.
Any insight would mean a lot and help me feel more safe.