oh the irony of the "clueless nerds" defense considering "clueless nerds" in STEM are often used as evidence of
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it's become a catchall scapegoat to excuse socially awkward men
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Yes to all this! It is an ableist discourse to emphasise autism as an explanation or "excuse" for harassment. @crippledscholar @reina_sabah
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First because, yes while autistic men are no more or less saintly than other men (they're HUMAN BEINGS!)...
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I'm bringing up an Aspie son and he gets a stern talking to for making sexist remarks.
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That's a great conversation to be had! With all boys. :) Not enough boys get this advice.
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My son is learning a broken social contract at school. Macho culture is a huge issue in Oz
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I have to De-Program him often. Usually by arguing Godzilla is female or intersex
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Just wanted to thank you all so much for the convos today.
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...to blame autism elevates disability above gender & other factors, incl structural sexism in STEM
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Second is that most of the time it's "arm chair diagnosis" of autism - i.e. not medically accurate.
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"Oh he's socially awkward, he must be on the spectrum. Socially awkward = sexism is acceptable."
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Autism is not something that is imposed as a label by outsiders as an insult/excuse/joke to demean
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Third, there is no scientific correlation between autism & sexual harassment in STEM. See point 1.
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it's also completely unequally applied. The social faux pas by autistic men (or men perceived as autistic)
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are not tolerated in autistic women & socially awkward women r rarely excused w/ "well she might be autistic"
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*Snaps* Yes yes! Gendered discourse yet again! "Socially awkward" man=give him a pass. Woman? Punish her!
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Fourth "social awkwardness" and autism are NOT interchangeable words. Ableist to say otherwise
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