YES!!!!

Huge part of being a protector is reinforcing to people who have been wronged that they were, indeed, wronged when they start to question themselves. You give them empathy and care so restore their sense of belonging.

This is most effective when you are doing so against one of your own. Meaning giving space to the Black or brown person who has been through a racist attack, the woman who has been assaulted or experienced misogyny from a man, acceptance for the gay person who has been demonized by your church, and so forth and so on.

Men are shit at this.