Because this was self-reported women's experiences. Women who presented very femininely found men in tech to make poor eye contact & small-talk. Women who presented in a gender neutral way did not make this observation.
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Were the men behaving differently or are women who pay attention to hair, clothes, make-up etc more likely to pay attention to socially niceties & care about them than women who don't? Are they less likely to be among the many 'on the spectrum' themselves & so notice this?
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I think my explanation does a pretty good job of explaining it though
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Yes, it does. If men in tech are likely to be less socially-skilled than average, it is very likely that this would manifest more in situations where attraction is added to the mix and less where they're just talking about tech.
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Potentially also learned behaviour from childhood where a misplaced pass at a girl results in public ridicule in the school yard, or a lesson learned from watching it happen to others.
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