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Mattoid
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25 Oct 2016, 1:04 am

Back when I was 20 and working as a custodian, I went into the women's bathroom to clean while there were still ladies in it. It didn't even occur to me that it would be considered sexual harassment; I just thought that it was my duty to clean and I'd wait for them to leave. It didn't have any connotations of a sexual nature to me. Also, I'd never heard the law before.

Is this ignorance, a logical deficiency, or an example of an autism spectrum disorder?


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25 Oct 2016, 1:12 am

That sort of thing is pretty common in autism. The way you described your reasoning at the time is pretty typical.



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25 Oct 2016, 2:24 pm

It's more a "theory of mind" issue. You probably have no issue with an opposite-sex janitor coming in to clean the place as you detach doing a job from any sexual interest. The rest of the world DOES NOT see it this way. Your thought process was logical, but based on a faulty premise.



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25 Oct 2016, 10:19 pm

It's just ignorance of the law, this type of thing is actually the policy in some other countries.


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