Why are Aspie Men Bitter Towards Women??

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05 Apr 2009, 8:10 am

It's because we aren't pickled enough.



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05 Apr 2009, 10:31 am

I'm sorry you've had such troubles, Zak... but the generalizations aren't something I can personally agree with; you lump all NT women and all AS men into these large categories, painting those on the spectrum with relatively rosy adjectives and those who are not with more negative references. And the qualities you list as a downside can be tremendously attractive to the right person. I think perhaps it is the result of expectations that bitterness arises, something that those on the spectrum almost function through to avoid change or surprise. One last thing - just because someone is on the spectrum, they are not immune to groupthink or incapable of being wrong or swept up in something relatively trivial.

...and why are we picking on hedonism, anyway? *chuckle*


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05 Apr 2009, 11:11 am

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I think we are bitter towards women because all of what we have been through and it is easier to control hate than love.

What's your take on it??



I will agree with you that we do become embittered after "what we've been through", as overly dramatic and soap operish as that sounds :lol: :P


I think the reason for this embitterment has to do with much more than hate. I don't hate women, I just don't trust them romantically and often I am angered by being rejected by them. I can't hate them, because in the end, I really do need women.


I'm getting off track, so I will explain why I believe guys become so embittered about women:

I think it all begins with guys having this "naive' and unrealistic" trust and optimistic hope that the women they find attractive or like
will find them attractive and possibly date them. With this "optimistic" hope, they try to date the said girl or over a certain span of time, date the same kinds of girls. Usually, there is almost a 99.9% of rejection. Now what does this do to guys? First, of all, we went in, either unsure or confident, that we would win the girl over. As soon as our hopes are dashed into the rocks, we feel disappointed and rejected, and we wonder why we didn't succeed. It is a MAJOR blow to our egos and leaves us slightly depressed.

Now, most of those girls we tried to date, they go after different guys, other guys, and we become jealous and resentful (whether they are jerk types, over confident types, or whatever). And we think "Why did they ignore us and go after this guy? I wasn't a bad guy at all, and I would have been perfect for that gal!". That is where our resentment comes from! We are angry that the girl(s) would totally ignore and reject us, and go after some other guy. We guys believe we are worthy of love and affection, and we feel it is our RIGHT to have what we deem everyone else has.

I think it all comes down to this- we foolishly put great faith and trust in women romantically, and we try to pursue them in the hopes of winning their affection. The girl or girls reject us, and although briefly disappointed, we get angry when they date other guys when we feel we would have been perfect for them. One rejection disappoints us, but it After many rejections, we lose our faith in woman romantically and we resent feeling neglected and ignored by the girls we care about most. Despite our anger and resentment at being ignored, however, we still hope and want to believe that women will change and give us a chance, but like I said, our faith in them is lacking romantically. And thus we cling to resentment, not because we truly hate women, but because we have been dissappointed in them when we placed our faith and trust in them, and we fill that we have been ignored, neglected, and that an offense has been committed against us without "justice".



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05 Apr 2009, 11:53 am

jbinion wrote:
I think we are bitter towards women because all of what we have been through and it is easier to control hate than love.

What's your take on it??


I do agree that a lot of aspie men hate women because of years of constant rejection. I personally don't because honestly, if I were a woman I wouldn't have taken me either when I was in school. I had nothing to offer anyone and I was a constant annoyance to everyone in my idiotic quest to fit in (If I could go back in time, I'd beat the living hell out of my past self for that). But after a lot of growing up and even some therapy, I realize that it is my fault that women didn't want anything to do with me and I dare say the same is true for most other aspie men if not all of them that have or has had this same problem.

Oh, I can feel the flaming already. :P *gets a fire extinguisher*


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05 Apr 2009, 12:07 pm

Social_Fantom wrote:
jbinion wrote:
I think we are bitter towards women because all of what we have been through and it is easier to control hate than love.

What's your take on it??


I do agree that a lot of aspie men hate women because of years of constant rejection. I personally don't because honestly, if I were a woman I wouldn't have taken me either when I was in school. I had nothing to offer anyone and I was a constant annoyance to everyone in my idiotic quest to fit in (If I could go back in time, I'd beat the living hell out of my past self for that). But after a lot of growing up and even some therapy, I realize that it is my fault that women didn't want anything to do with me and I dare say the same is true for most other aspie men if not all of them that have or has had this same problem.

Oh, I can feel the flaming already. :P *gets a fire extinguisher*


I respectfully disagree. It isn’t my fault that I’m autistic and socially awkward. The only thing I could possibly do a better job of is controlling my anger and bitterness after a rejection occurs. But even that I’m still struggling with.



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05 Apr 2009, 12:17 pm

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I respectfully disagree. It isn’t my fault that I’m autistic and socially awkward. The only thing I could possibly do a better job of is controlling my anger and bitterness after a rejection occurs. But even that I’m still struggling with.


I guess it did come across that way, but I didn't mean it quite like that.

I suppose social awkwardness really isn't anyone's fault but I had always felt like it was mine. I feel like I should have known better but that's what they call AS. But I was more than just socially awkward, I was stupid in the sense that I said and did stupid things because I wanted to which led to most people not wanting to be around me. Looking back on it, I probably wasn't even trying as much as I thought I was. Maybe I shouldn't have said what I said.....

Crap, that probably still didn't explain my point (suck at these kinds of things) :x I guess what I want to say is at least try but take it seriously. I think I generalized that because I did it the way I did, all aspie men do. No it is not your fault or anyone else's for being autistic and socially awkward but it is my fault that girls wanted nothing to do with me in school. But we must not hate or blame women for not liking us. There are women out there who love guys like us. We just have to find them. :)


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05 Apr 2009, 1:54 pm

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It really does help to realise that everyone thinks of themselves first. However in a relative sense they are not all bad people, they are just doing what they do.


To me that's the point. It costs a lot of insight looking and failures to understand that people are not to be blamed just because they do not understand or accept you. They do what they do, what they can do, what they believe is worth doing.
In a way, they are just exactly bounded by their brain's rules as we are. There is no reason they should do anything to cross those boundaries, unless they feel it is worth it... and that is up to ourselves.

The only way out of bitterness about it, to me, is try to be a better person in order to find a woman that considers worth it to accept me.



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05 Apr 2009, 9:15 pm

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I'm a NT woman married to an AS man. I think there there are lots of misunderstandings in the relationships between NTs and ASs and they are on both sides. Aspies have difficulties understanding NTs but I experienced the same confusion when I had to deal with aspies. I have no problem to 'read' NT people because they follow some rules that I understand, but aspies don't do that so I find them as confusing as they probably find me. I understand how dating and relationships can be a huge challenge. My husband was the best friend of a very good friend of mine. We used to socialise in a group and he was introdused to the group by my friend. I didn't like him when I first met him, he was making this weird comments and his humour...well, it wasn't funny :lol: . I presumed that he was being a smart-ass, he was obviously very inteligent and had extensive knowlege in many areas. I suppose he wasn't impressed with us either. But he was there every time we went out with the group (2-3 times a week). Later I found out that it was because of me. It took me 2 years to really enjoy his company, to understand his jokes, to see the really nice guy he was and to be confortable with his little talents and interests. And then he asked me out and I said yes. We've been married for 14 years, have 2 kids and are now very happy but it wasn't easy. We had to learn to read each others body language and signals. It is frustrating when I need a hug and almost every person is able to see that except my husband, but I learned to tell him. And he learned to come and give me a hug when I ask for one and not tell me that he'll be there as soon as he finishes what he's doing.


Very interesting, this provided me a bit of insight on how NT females must 'see' aspie males through their eyes. I probably appear the same way as your husband to many NT girls. Odd, awkward, strange, unfunny (but still making strange jokes to hopefully gamer laughs regardless), very intelligent ( but kind of nerdy/dorky), extensive knowledge in several subject matters (and I mean EXTENSIVE!)

I wish you luck in your marriage as much as I wish your husband luck. 14 years of marriage and 2 children is incredible for an NT and aspie, especially NT female and aspie male (one of the most difficult pairings).



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06 Apr 2009, 1:31 am

It's just one of the reactions when you can't get what you want. It's also one that's much easier to express on a forum, since it's not something that's generally socially acceptable so forums make for an easy venting ground. Lastly there are quite a few comments on here that seem designed to stir things up, either gloating or insulting or offering unrealistic answers. But it does make for a fairly toxic environment for women.

That said women do have some aggravating traits that are at least very common, our bitterness just tends to bow them out of proportion.



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06 Apr 2009, 3:55 am

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I blame it on their tendency to be way too emotional about everything. And when we can't relate, they become vicious as hell, making snide comments and being generally indirect. Their emphasis on emotion, even in ones that could be considering highly inexpressive, can be way too absurd. My facial expression like 90% of the time = totally blank... and I've noticed that women in particular interpret it as angry or something. And all of them seem to dislike it. Why? Who knows? Maybe they get subconsciously offended because they seem to have zero visible effect.


I agree with every word you say. I have had two apartment mates who got terribly mad at me because of my "strange behavior". They always complained that i never had any reaction, no matter how much they tried to connect with me. I never knew what was going on, because by then i didn't know i had aspergers, so there was nothing i could do about it.


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06 Apr 2009, 6:25 pm

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We, the not very compatible, should consider ourselves lucky that we have the internet. At least that way, our odds of meeting someone compatible are greatly increased. I say, if you want to meet someone here, post frequently and be honest. Maybe someone will notice your personality and contact you? Maybe not? It has happened to me more than once.

Well, I finally got along well with someone over the internet (another Aspie forum, just for the record). We started talking on the phone within a month. However, four years went by before we finally met up: she lives in Seattle WA, and I'm somewhere you have to bend over and crane your neck awkwardly to see on a globe. We got along well for the 2.5 weeks I was there, but it was sedate and old-fogeyish; maybe "cute" in an asexual way. So I ended up being one of those losers who don't have their first date until they're 35 (as in a particular milk advert on the back of Rolling Stone 20 years ago).

I've begun to suspect that "compatibility" is overrated, anyway. You can be compatible with someone in the sense of having a lot in common (or simply both being pathetic losers no-one else wanted!). But that doesn't take care of the physical side of things. But then again, I'm hideously ugly with love-handles and a roundish face that screams "Genetically Unfit", so what do I expect?


Guys, even though I post these things. NEVER!! NEVER!! NEVER!! EVER!! ! call yourselves losers. here's why:

It's easier for women to get laid, it's harder for guys.
Society praises women for being virgins, and shuns men for being virgins.
Men are usually more open to date, women aren't.

What I'm trying to say is....you are only a loser if you lose at easy stuff, and women aren't easy. so don't call your self a loser.
Number 2, you're only a loser if you lose at stuff that you can handle and control, like graduating from high school, you can't control women or people, therefore you're not a loser.

If you could control graduating from high school but fooled around...then you can call yourself a loser.
A loser is a pretty girl who can't see a great man when he's in front of his face and vise versa.
A loser is a man or woman that can't take care of their kids....

You're okay, you're not a loser



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06 Apr 2009, 6:43 pm

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jbinion wrote:
I think we are bitter towards women because all of what we have been through and it is easier to control hate than love.

What's your take on it??


It's a complicated topic, because many aspies, women and people in general don't have proper insight into themselves. Generally anyway, when speaking of aspies lets divide them into two groups...

Aspie men who are bitter fall into the two groups:

1) Naively bitter (i.e. naive and inexperienced, clueless, but willing to change - they will grow out of their bitterness)
2) Bitter because they don't want to have to change for someone else (egocentric, egotistical)

Group #2 usually has the following problems:

They have something genuinely offensive to anyone/everyone

1. They whine a lot, complain a lot, or are obnoxious all around people without realizing it.
2. They are anxious/fearful all the time (i.e. they are scared of their own shadow)
3. They don't take care of their appearance and are clueless about how run down they look
4. They are overbearing and want everything on their terms
5. They are usually so self-absorbed, they couldn't handle the give and take of a relationship
6. They are weird and know it, but are unwilling to change.
7. Prefer being alone

The ideal partner for many male aspies would be a sexbot, truth be told. The japanese anime like (link)Chobits and (link) Oh my goddess come to mind.

Women are much different then many aspie guys... their needs are completely different. Aspies dislike the fact that there are few people like them, aspies are honest, aspies don't play the stupid social status games and they look at the world differently.

The down side is from the woman's perspective is:

1. Aspies are boring (intellectual)
2. Aspies are nerdy (science, math, videogames, geeky stuff)
3. Aspies (are not usually) social - they (generally speaking) hate going out to clubs, bars, dancing, movies, etc.
4. Aspies may be too serious (no fun), lack of talking and communication = no fun
5. Many aspies rather stay in then go out.

Truth be told, aspie psychology and NT psychology has fundamental differences. It's not merely women either, it's the fact that aspies fundamentally experience the world differently. For instance: If say I wanted to have sex with someone I was attracted to, in the ideal aspie world - I'd merely go up to her and ask her. In the NT world sex is overcomplicated, you have to talk smooth, make a women laugh, "warm her up" before she will allow you to have sex with her... to an aspie mind, this is redundant if you both are physically attracted to one another - it's either a yes or no kind of thing.

Aspie people who are patient, non-judgemental, rational, logical, immune to groupthink, and does not over value social activities to the nth degree are not suited to the aggressive gameplay, hypersocialization and tribal mentality of the NT world.

Women play NT games much more then guys do, so I think thats what makes a lot of aspies bitter as well - they like stability, loyalty, hardwork, dedication towards a relationship, choose someone and stick with them... many in the world are lazy, hedonistic and pathetic when it comes to relationsips. These mentalities are completely at odds.

NT women are inconsistent and hyper emotional compared to aspie men, men tend to want to simplify their lives. In general women need constant change, socialization and stimulation... women are easily angered, sadenned, impatient, disloyal and emotional, lacking rationality and the average woman is MORE prejudiced then men are generally speaking. Not all women are like this, but way too many of them are.

When I was younger I hated how fickle women were, moving from guy to guy. It was exhausting putting up with women who couldn't just pick someone and stick with them - they had no sense of loyalty or dedication to one another. Next was the constant need to go out and be doing things or talking to people all the time. The needs of the two groups are often contrary to one another, as such bitterness is the result of not understanding that.


I like how you told it like it is, instead of giving advice, this makes aspie guys feel better. advice can be overhwelming to aspie guys because they get too many opinions and don't know what to do with them...but at the end of the day happiness does't come from

getting a girlfriend.
getting laid
people accepting you.

Happiness comes from ACCEPTING YOURSELF AS AN ASPIE PERSON MALE OR FEMALE. the having a girlfriend or boyfriend wouldn't even mean all that.



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06 Apr 2009, 7:21 pm

im guessing because most of us dont get any coochie


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06 Apr 2009, 9:54 pm

richardbenson wrote:
im guessing because most of us dont get any coochie


Lmao!

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The down side is from the woman's perspective is:

1. Aspies are boring (intellectual)
2. Aspies are nerdy (science, math, videogames, geeky stuff)
3. Aspies (are not usually) social - they (generally speaking) hate going out to clubs, bars, dancing, movies, etc.
4. Aspies may be too serious (no fun), lack of talking and communication = no fun
5. Many aspies rather stay in then go out.

Truth be told, aspie psychology and NT psychology has fundamental differences. It's not merely women either, it's the fact that aspies fundamentally experience the world differently. For instance: If say I wanted to have sex with someone I was attracted to, in the ideal aspie world - I'd merely go up to her and ask her. In the NT world sex is overcomplicated, you have to talk smooth, make a women laugh, "warm her up" before she will allow you to have sex with her... to an aspie mind, this is redundant if you both are physically attracted to one another - it's either a yes or no kind of thing.

Aspie people who are patient, non-judgemental, rational, logical, immune to groupthink, and does not over value social activities to the nth degree are not suited to the aggressive gameplay, hypersocialization and tribal mentality of the NT world.

Women play NT games much more then guys do, so I think thats what makes a lot of aspies bitter as well - they like stability, loyalty, hardwork, dedication towards a relationship, choose someone and stick with them... many in the world are lazy, hedonistic and pathetic when it comes to relationsips. These mentalities are completely at odds.

NT women are inconsistent and hyper emotional compared to aspie men, men tend to want to simplify their lives. In general women need constant change, socialization and stimulation... women are easily angered, sadenned, impatient, disloyal and emotional, lacking rationality and the average woman is MORE prejudiced then men are generally speaking. Not all women are like this, but way too many of them are.

When I was younger I hated how fickle women were, moving from guy to guy. It was exhausting putting up with women who couldn't just pick someone and stick with them - they had no sense of loyalty or dedication to one another. Next was the constant need to go out and be doing things or talking to people all the time. The needs of the two groups are often contrary to one another, as such bitterness is the result of not understanding that.


So in the eyes of an aspie sex (and other things) is more like the simple yes/no or true/false boolean algebraic logic then it is the overcomplicated slough of calculus to the NTs.

I too have difficulty understanding NT girls, tips from NT guys usually don't help because they don't serve my purpose as needed.

Really I think we need to tackle this problem together, distribute a small part over to every aspie male and churn out libraries worth of information in the matter of a week, we will hardly ever have problems with NTs again. However I don't see how we'd do this, only for the reason that all aspie males do not have internet, only some.


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I like how you told it like it is, instead of giving advice, this makes aspie guys feel better. advice can be overhwelming to aspie guys because they get too many opinions and don't know what to do with them...but at the end of the day happiness does't come from

getting a girlfriend.
getting laid
people accepting you.

Happiness comes from ACCEPTING YOURSELF AS AN ASPIE PERSON MALE OR FEMALE. the having a girlfriend or boyfriend wouldn't even mean all that.


True, all of it is true.



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06 Apr 2009, 9:56 pm

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True, all of it is true


What jbinion said is true because how can you expect other people to accept you for who you are if you can't even accept yourself for who you are? Think about it, it works with many other things such as love.

How can one ever hope to be loved if they are consciously rendering themselves emotionally and mentally incapable of loving thyself?

Then your going to ask this: "What about physically?"

Lets not go there...



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06 Apr 2009, 9:58 pm

1. Aspies are boring (intellectual) (no not really, I rarely talk about obsessions and I am not seemingly smart)
2. Aspies are nerdy (science, math, videogames, geeky stuff) no not really, I like warhammer but thats my secret
3. Aspies (are not usually) social - they (generally speaking) hate going out to clubs, bars, dancing, movies, etc. (I love going out)
4. Aspies may be too serious (no fun), lack of talking and communication = no fun (no...I am actually quite funny I am told)
5. Many aspies rather stay in then go out. (I get bored indoors, I enjoy surprises and s**t


this list sucks :lol:


"I like how you told it like it is, instead of giving advice, this makes aspie guys feel better. advice can be overhwelming to aspie guys because they get too many opinions and don't know what to do with them...but at the end of the day happiness does't come from

getting a girlfriend.
getting laid
people accepting you.

Happiness comes from ACCEPTING YOURSELF AS AN ASPIE PERSON MALE OR FEMALE. the having a girlfriend or boyfriend wouldn't even mean all that."


that is sooooo true!! !!
I've been "accepted" and it just left a void in me because I was putting an act on
I've had the drama of a girlfriend (our relationship was never official and we never did anything) but we technically went out a few times...
wasn't like ABBA said :lol: