D1nk0 wrote:
Im afraid I disagree with the first sentence Social_Fantom.The social disability that results from asperger syndrome is viewed by society as a "problem" and from Ive noticed, society treats men with problems FAR more harshly than women with problems because men are held to a much higher standard in American society than women. Asperger syndrome is called a developmental disorder in part because it makes its appearance in early childhood; but that most seems true of men who have it. Many women who were officially diagnosed with asperger syndrome recieve their diagnosis in adolescence or even adulthood. Ive always wondered why aspergers goes unnoticed in (little)girls. Ive made the ASSUMPTION that aspie women here will take me at face value and would be inclined to be more honest and direct but what really bothers me is that some of them seem to embrace the "iHateMen!" feminism and have given me sh*t just for being a MAN(like hale_bopps bitchy little pussy_ass myspace aspiebabies clique
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). I honestly think that aspies who feel greater loyalty and solidarity towards their gender, sexual orientation, race, or ANY other "group" they belong to really have No Business being part of an online community for Aspies which crosses all the aforementioned group bondaries.
Don't overgeneralize or insult people. Doing that you only make matters worse.
When you say "men are held to a much higher standard in American society than women", you are failing to see the big picture. You know that women think differently from men, and they have different roles in society. These mean that there are qualitative differences in what standards people are held to. Women aren't holding men to a higher standard, because, excluding homosexuals, people of either gender tend to pair up one-to-one. You forget about what other standards women are held to. Think about how they have the challenge of being attractive looking, while looks in men are hardly important. And getting a relationship isn't easier for them just because they have the passive role. It has to do with the way they think. My sister told me once, matter-of-factly, "girls are shy", and I hadn't realized that before. And they think more in terms of emotions and relationships, while we think in more of a straight line. That means that they don't consciously see every interaction with someone as a situation with a goal that must be worked toward. Much of their emotional motivations are unconscious, but that doesn't mean that they are invalid.