Is it possible for people with Aspergers to be abusive?

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One of my very close female friends who has Aspergers herself started dating a guy that also had it and he treated her nice for the first few weeks then he gradually started showing signs of meanness. She had a phobia of having penile contact anywhere near her mouth and one time he pulled his penis out and said "want to suck it?" to which she said no but he took her head and pushed it down to it which made her cry for a long time. He would also yell at her for little things such as shedding hair or not draining the bathtub properly. One time he woke her up by pulling her hair and forcibly took her to the bathroom and made her clean the tub with bleach, to which she was crying the whole time and the bleach caused an infection on her skin. Then a short time later he demanded her out of his house and instructed his friends that if she is not out by a designated time to come over and physically pick her up and throw her and her stuff out onto the street. She told me that before he ever started being mean he even admitted that he could be a d i c k. This was just such a shock to me. From what I've seen of them it's just never occurred to me that aspies are capable of meanness, that any apparent meanness they exhibit is unintentional, but I don't see how someone can be this mean unintentionally. What I'm wondering is, in Aspergers is inexcusability truly nonexistent?

It's possible for anyone to be abusive, unfortunately.

Yes, autistic people can be abusive. A year or two or maybe three ago there was a big bullying mess on the Autism Hub because some members were being abusive to other members.

<-----Doesn't get why women stay in abusive relationships.

Of course it is.

Redrobin, some reasons why women may stay in abusive relationships:

- Nowhere else to go

- Afraid that if they leave, their partner will come after them

- Hoping that the good times will come back and stay

- Believing that the abuse is somehow their fault

What a dick.

It is possible, and what is more important in this situation is that your friend should go to a safe place and cut off contact with a person who would treat her so dangerously.

People still have to be held accountable for their actions and behaviours even if they have Aspergers.

I don't understand that question in the last sentence. But what is said that happened is very wrong.

That's beyond Abuse...You just mentioned Rape!

Asperger's =/= Abuse free relationships, which is the COLD TRUTH

If I get married to an abusive wife, I would pretend to act as scareridy cat, build some evidence, see a lawyer, and save it all for a rainy day!

I'm capable of being a cruel and sadistic person and I have AS (Undiagnosed). Of course I only get urges to harm those who have abused or done worse to innocent people and make them suffer for their actions. If I was much stronger than I am, knew how to fight, and had a complete disregard for the law, I would be hunting abusive people like the guy your friend ended up with, and taking the law into my own hands, if you know what I mean.

I hope your friend becomes free from this guy. Some people who are mean like this can be this way willingly, but there are some who might have some severe disorders. He could be a sociopath or a psychopath.

Yes. It is possible for people with Asperger's to be emotionally abusive, physically abusive, sexually abusive, more than one of the above, etc.

Personally, I consider myself having been emotionally abused by someone with Asperger's.

They are capable of being abusive, and I've seen it around here. I was also abused once on here a couple of years ago, by a banned member who was 20 years younger than myself.