Published on 12, July, 2020
Please know that I'm not writing this to be deliberately inflammatory or provocative, or to have a go at anyone here, but I just feel so isolated as an Autistic woman. Most other Autistic people I've engaged with are men, and seem to have quite a different presentation and outlook on life to me. They are often very blunt, whereas I'm not. When I get emotional, they don't seem to understand - I've been accused of 'emotionally exploding', for example, simply for expressing that I felt uncomfortable with a conversation. It's more than that, though, to be honest I'm finding it quite hard to explain in logical terms...I just don't feel I fit in in the Autism world or the neurotypical world, and I'm wondering if this is because I'm female. Does anyone else feel this way?
The more times I read this post, the more ridiculous it seems. How can Autism be a man's world? Autism doesn't have a sex or gender.
I never said Autism had a sex or gender. I said that I felt it was a male-dominated world. It's traditionally been thought of as a male thing and still is by a lot of people; they're wrong, but the belief is there, and that continues to prevent a lot of Autistic women from getting the help they need. What's more is my question was a genuine question asked because of my own experiences, not a declaration. Honestly, I'm sick of this site and the jumping on people. This is no place if you actually need support. It's a load of unkind, judgemental, narcissistic people shouting into an echo-chamber, only wanting to air their opinions, thinking they're great philosophers, and not actually wanting to offer peer support. You have no right to call anyone 'ridiculous'. I've never called you 'ridiculous'. You people do nothing for the negative stereotypes against us. Absolutely nothing.
ironicly all of those accusations you have spouted at people are very judgemental accusations themselves.... so perhaps.... perhaps you are right about it... because you are the person you describe... you are that judgemental person and you even jump on people and try to gang up with others and gang jump on a single person.... so yeah, projecting... look in the mirror.... reflect on what you see for that is you...
When did I say anything about wanting 'men-free spaces', or that 'men are the bad guys for existing'? I said absolutely nothing of the kind. I don't go in for all that nonsense, I'm not a TERF. I think it might be you projecting this time.
Caelus said:Deepthought said: by the disregard for her feelings and her sensitivities regarding the subject you mean the subject being the implication that autism is a mans world and that somehow men are again the bad guy for supposedly just existing of which she seems to take some sort of offence at the existance of men in spaces she is and seems to want men free spaces?
Deepthought said: by the disregard for her feelings and her sensitivities regarding the subject
you mean the subject being the implication that autism is a mans world and that somehow men are again the bad guy for supposedly just existing of which she seems to take some sort of offence at the existance of men in spaces she is and seems to want men free spaces?
No ~ that is not what I meant.
Mykal stated that the more he read Giraffe's post the more ridiculous he found it to be, not appreciating that as such he was stating that her feelings and thoughts were more and more worthy of mockery and laughter ~ and not in his opinion to be taken seriously.
What I meant therefore was that Mykal had made a serious error of judgement, you had joined in by adding to and compounding that erroneous mistake ~ and nothing more.