Aspie women -do you hate aspie men?

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Sorry if this question offends. But, I have read a lot about Aspergers online and have heard a lot of aspie girls say really blanketed and negative remarks about men with aspergers. I have seen aspie women write things like "aspie women are so much milder than men, men with aspergers are HORRIBLE and creepy. Aspergers is SO much worse in men - I would never date an aspie man.". Someone (an NT) asked a question on yahoo answers for advice on their aspie boyfriend and some girl with Aspergers replied with some remark telling her to avoid aspie men. Some of the most hurtful comments about men with Aspergers come from women with Aspergers, not NTs. I have this impression that a LOT of women with Asperger's think they are better than men with Aspergers.

That's asking for a blanket statement. It depends on the individual. Personally, I don't think anyone rates higher on some obscure scale. Where have you come across this mindset?

I don't hate aspie men.

Certainly not. I'm in a relationship with one; he's the most sincere man I have ever met. There are some great ones and some mean ornery ones - you can't generalise as if they are all the same. Character is more important in choosing a partner, not neurological type. Character, personality and values are not uniform on the spectrum at all - WP is abundant evidence of the vast differences. The question is innocently asked here, though even so I think it is somewhat sexist IMO.

I don't hate Aspie men anymore than I hate other men, which I don't. I'm autistic, not Aspie (or 'mild'), raising an autistic son who I love to bits. I assume he will grow into an autistic man that I love to bits.

I have found that the social expectations of men are much different than those of women, so naturally as a result a lot of those men are outcasted by women, and naturally those same men react to this outcasting in a very harsh manner. Also a result of social expectations differing from men to women is men being diagnosed more frequently (I would assume, times probably have changed and I don't know the actual statistic, so don't quote me..)

Either way these kinds of stereotypes are very harmful to the autism spectrum as a whole, gender aside

No, I don't hate Aspie men. I belong to an AS support group and most of the others in the group are men. I like them all, some more than others, as would be usual in any social group.

I don't, in fact I feel I might have better luck forming a long term relationship with one since maybe they'd understand me better and have more similarities in brain functioning. Though I did date one guy who thought maybe he had it, and I think it was possible but don't know if he ever got diagnosed or if maybe something else accounted for it. It didn't work with him, he was very depressed and had anxiety and I didn't judge that was more than sympathetic(I struggle with that stuff to so probably more understanding that someone who doesn't deal with that, but he didn't want to drag me down or whatever and well it was his choice to break it off I felt bad for him but what am I to do, pressure them to get back with me when they made their choice and express they would prefer to stick to it....he also still had some interest in some other girl, that he knew he likely would never be with which I guess I don't really get but that is one individual..and he may or may not have been on the spectrum.

Perhaps the aspie women who reply to things like that with harshness have had a bad relationship with an aspie man?
I don't personally hate aspie men.. I love them, although I have had a very bad relationship with one.. Given our social deficits and our inability to put words to our emotions, we hurt each other a lot. Growing up and adapting to a NT world, we both had expectations in what we would receive from a mate in a NT way, not an aspie way. Because we had children, we still have to communicate on a regular basis, and both of us being aspie, and uncomfortable with how things ended (still hurt), we have a lot of awkward silences and even more awkward body language than we normally do.

I would like to add that our relationship happened before my diagnosis, which made understanding our issues even harder..

I would chalk bitter aspie women to the same as bitter NT women.. We all like to blame people who hurt us and make silly generalizations. But we also get over them when we learn about what makes us, us.

I certainly don't think there's anything wrong with them or that they're incapable of being respectful. Plenty of NT men cross boundaries without realizing it, too, or do so deliberately.

I don't. I actually rather like them.

I did deliberately and specifically make a point of not marrying one, because I felt that spouses ought to have different strengths and weaknesses and that, if I planned to have kids (which I did), I should pick someone with different disorders in the interest of providing a wider gene pool for my children to be drawn from.

More living and the acquisition of greater experience has brought me to question the wisdom of that decision.

Three of my six favorite guys (father, maternal grandfather, and friend) are known or believed to be/have been on the spectrum.

Another one of them (friend) is believed to be schizoid.

The other two (husband and son) are ADHD.

The schizoid is the easiest one to talk to. I find his complete and total lack of emotional involvement in anything whatsoever to be useful, helpful, pleasant, restful, and refreshing.

I had many great conversations and much fun in communion with my father and grandfather. My friend-- well, I like him and enjoy his company, even if his tendency to make the same mistakes that I do (and his unwillingness/inability to see it or listen) makes me want to pound both our heads on a wall.

The ADHDers drive me nuts. Absolutely batshit nuts. However, we do in fact have different (and often complimentary) strengths and weaknesses. If we can keep from killing each other, we make good teams. And they color my typically earth-toned world of duty, algorithm, careful impulse control, and conflict avoidance very, very brightly indeed. Life would be hidebound and dull without them.