Afraid of males & men

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I am afraid of males and men since a child that they will overwhelm me physically or mentally
I have had both men and women be cruel to me but why only fear men so much?
Anyone explain this to help me?

Are you still afraid if they are the same size or smaller than you?

You say both genders have been cruel to you, but has there been something horrible that a man has done to you that a woman hasn't? Could that be the difference?

Also, since you say you aren't afraid of kids but the adults and teenagers, it's highly likely that the difference in physical power is at least a part of what frightens you. While there are some men who are very weak physically and some women that are very strong physically, most of the time it's the men who are stronger and could easily cause a lot of harm to an average woman if they wanted to.

Why a should woman be afraid of men? Two words: Incel terrorists. They also stole the word incel from a woman who had meant it to be harmless. The things they post are incredibly disgusting and pure evil. Ever since that incel terrorist attack in Toronto I have been afraid. It hasn't stopped me for standing up for my rights, but it has made me very, very afraid.

I am too. I used to think it was because I grew up without a father or a brother or an uncle in my life so they seemed like alien beings especially as the books I read were full of men taking advantage of women and men clearly got the best of everything in the world. I felt more comfortable around males for a while while my sons were growing up, although their father's dreadful temper didn't help. I became very comfortable with teenage boys when there were always crowds of them in the house. But sadly now my boys are grown up I find myself afraid of them too:( Eldest is severely autistic and regularly bit me and pulled my hair which was tolerable when he was small but he eventually had to go into residential care because he became bigger and stronger than me and I could no longer manage him. Then last year my 30 yr old middle son picked me up, squeezed me so hard he bruised a rib and threw me onto the floor and now I am scared of him too. Back to square one!

When a woman has ASD, it is like she has an invisible sign pinned to her chest. It reads "Please rape and rob me!"

Even ASD men realize she is incredibly easy prey. Even they stalk and attack and exploit her.

If it is that obvious to an ASD man, how obvious must it be to an NT?!

You are probably right to be terrified of them.

Maybe you can't. Maybe it will stay with you for life.

But it helps to ask NT people for their input. I used to belong to a forum for people who are interested in science. I struck up a sort-of friendship with a middle-aged NT woman from Australia. I told her about a boy from my college.

Her response was basically "I am on the other side of the world and from your stories alone, I can tell he's got massive issues. He shouldn't be in a serious relationship with anyone, let alone you!"

And these were the censored stories, by the way. I didn't tell her everything.

I am a professional and at work when men raise their voices at me I get scared (hurt); there are no women at work who have done that, but then I don't work with many women. Recently in a public setting, a woman treat me rudely and I called her out on it (I was a bit embarrassed by near explosive response, but I hadn't been treated poorly like that in a while.)

I am fragile but I am also fierce. I have been known to go from "meek" to punching when I feel physically threatened. Whoa to the man who tries to physically abuse me... too many (AS like) women I know have been hurt (to say the least) and I have latent anger about that.

Do you give yourself permission to be fierce if necessary? I imagine a person would feel very vulnerable if she had no way to defend herself when necessary. I have taught my children that when they sense danger to make a BIG scene (so many kids are taught to generally "behave" and it interferes with their ability to respond in crisis situations).

I am able to defend myself against physical abuse, but emotional abuse? Not so much.

I do have some male friends, and in social settings this is not as much of a problem.

When it comes to men I don't know when I'm alone, I admit I'm scared. When a man is much physically larger and stronger than me, this will get me nervous too if we are alone together. My mom has warned me many times about worst-case-scenario situations when I go out so I guess this stirred the pot of anxiety.