Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi fellow men. PS (ladies you can chime in if you wish to add anything too) open to all.
I wanted to get a bit of understanding from the men out there. What do you think about being a man with autism? Is it hard? What support do you get? What do you struggle with? For example aggression, anger management, exclusion, social isolation etc.
What do you wish people understood more about being a man? What is being a man to you? What values create a man?
I personally have certain values I will list here:
- treat women with respect and kindness. I believe women deserve to be treated with respect. I always hold doors open for women and let women go first on the bus etc. Just common decency to me but just little things that make me me.
- doing what I believe to be right. I try and follow my heart and do what I know or feel is the right thing to do in the moment.
- patience. Being patient and taking my time with things. Not rushing into the first thing that comes my way but rather instead taking my time and letting things take they’re natural order.
- no tolerance for drugs. Having the inner strength to say no to drugs and being willing to set those boundaries with those I meet through my everyday travels.
- self control. Having the ability to control my self and not act on the first impulse that I feel. Having the self control to stop myself from making daft decisions (ties into next point below).
- maturity. Having wisdom in years and experience to set an example to younger folks of how to treat others and be in the world.
So yeh this was just some ideas, just a fun topic nothing serious. Feel free to share your own values and experiences of being a man.
I think that’s a general part of the human condition. As a teenager one of my “friends” was stereotypically tall dark and handsome and when we went places girls would often come and chat him up. Sometimes they would speak to me, but only ever to get an intro to him.
I have never in my life been approached by a woman who wanted to chat me up.
Hmm yes you are right, the sex here does not matter. I used to envy boys that they don’t have to have any make up that always made me uncomfortable annoying and drove me crazy. Often caused me tics, so I had a choice to hear stupid questions and remarks about my lack of decorations or questions “what’s wrong with you” when ticking and being generally nervous for no obvious reason. But I guess there are many things that men envy us women. As stated in the thread before. As for my experience of being chatted up - it was only for fun, to make fun of me and I obviously had no support and I was totally confused. It took me some time before I realized that they were making fun of me.