14-17 year old girls because “he’s got Aspergers issues, he can’t help it. Don’t upset him, we need him.”
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ugh, though misogyny in te autism community is a real problem & autistic men who
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behave inappropriately have been coasting on the "he can't help it" excuse for a long time
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autistic women have been working to dismantle the "he can't help it" & "he just doesn't understand"
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but I've also had ppl excuse men treating me badly with "well he might be autistic"
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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.
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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! @crippledscholar @reina_sabah
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