Are Autistic Men More Likely to be Misogynistic?

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I'm female and I disagree. I don't think aspie men are more hostile to females than males in general. If anything, I would think that in percentage there are more aspie males who respect females as equals than there are NT males who do. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misogyny in the world, though.

I also think the aspie males who are misogynists might be more likely to be open about it anywhere than NT males would, at least in this part of the world. I doubt most aspie males look down on females, I think it's more down to romantic and sexual rejections causing resentment. Some might add 'coupled with emotional immaturity' here, but I think that's a general reaction in people, so I think it's a human reaction a lot of people would have. Aspies are just more likely to express it freely.

No, no... not a thread like this.

Elliot Rodger happened. Let's not feed the neurotypical masses, guys.

The average frustrated Aspie (and frustrated long-term single man no matter what his neurology is) bears NO relationship/correlation to Elliot Rodger.

Elliot Rodger is in his own homicidal/suicidal category.

We should not lend any credence to the man, who I hope is not having a pleasant time in his purgatory.

What is misogyny, eggsacly?
Do misogynistic men hate women?
If I hated men, what would be my thought process about them?

People tend to be biased and it's really hard to objectively judge if a comment is misogynous/misandrous.

I can only talk about it from my own perspective. I'm a gay autistic man. I can only see women as totally equal human beings as men. I have no respect for those women that expect to be treated differently (preferentially) just because they are females (and those men that support that idea). I might be seen as a misogynist when I show that attitude, although I'm simply opposing sexism. I have been called a woman-hater because I treated them equally.

There is no evidence to support your statement that autistic men tend to be misogynist any more than men without autism.

No, but I can understand how on the surface it might seem that way at times. Given that most men with Autism are socially awkward - no doubt many have run into feelings of rejection. The sad feeling of once again being rejected by someone they are attracted to might give the impression of misogyny.

A few people who express their views strongly can skew the impression one gets of the typical view.

There are a small, vocal group of people here who routinely express the fringe view that there is no such thing as global warming and if there is any climate change, it is not caused by human activity.

I am pretty sure that this is not representative of WP membership in general, but I have sometimes wondered if there is something about autism that makes people more susceptible to belief in these ideas. Then I consider that those threads are a sort of echo chamber, with like-minded people reinforcing each other.

I have seen some exchanges with misogynist perspectives bouncing back and forth between a few angry males and I think this dynamic could create the impression that the problem is worse than it is.

There are times when I think aspects of the social communication problem that is a core feature of autism creates misunderstandings about how people develop and maintain relationships that can feed a misogynist perspective. But I think these ideas circulate in the neurotypical population, too, so autism is not a necessary or sufficient explanation for developing those views.

Anyone else find the poll resutls hilarious?

Behind the scenes of *any* geeky convention there is always a discussion of poor impulse control and sexual harassment.

Geek culture is such an enigma. There is certainly a problem of frustration and poor impulse control, but there is also a desire to be seen as progressive. On the internet, the latter has better control in smaller, tight-knit groups, where people are concerned for their in-group reputation.

I'm Transgendered and I disagree.