Why does this forum think women are saints?????

Nobody said it's no big deal. My nephew is autistic. I know what people with autism can be like, and there are some very difficult moments to deal with. I never said there weren't. I simply suggested you consider, in the future, not using that as an insult when it's already used very widely in a hurtful way to those with autism. If you don't want to consider not using that word as an insult, that's fine. I was merely trying to show you a new perspective that you didn't seem to be considering. It's up to you if you want to ignore it or not.

 

Except that’s not how the majority of people with autism are like, some don’t even realise their partner or friend even has it. That’s what therapists consider the severe “low functioning” stereotype, which always gets brought up for autism in general. Which is why it’s called a spectrum like you said, but not one single person said it wasn’t a big deal... because that’s not what was being discussed.

 

Dude, just stop. You obviously meant that as a sexist remark, to be rude. I'm not stupid. Anyone reading that knows exactly why you said it and what it meant. Stop acting like you didn't mean it to be sexist. There's no other way for it to be meant. You don't need to "specify why." We all understand what it meant.

I'm honestly not even that upset about the remark. I'm more annoyed by you pretending it wasn't meant to be sexist or rude, when it so clearly was. That's just annoying and a blatant lie. Just be honest.

Again, nobody ever said that those facts aren't true. I can accept them, and I have. All I said was what I already said, but apparently you don't seem to care, so whatever. That's your choice. I thought maybe you would think "oh, I didn't realize how offensive that is to people with autism. Maybe I shouldn't say that in the future." But if that's not your response, then whatever. I said what I wanted to say, and there's no need to keep going back and forth about it.

 

Why are there always these damn threads about women? "Women are all these, women are all that". I swear, a week can't pass without one of these appearing somewhere on here.

 

And then once every couple years, a woman gets fed up and posts something about how misogynistic this place is, and a bunch of people jump down her throat and say "what are you talking about?? You're delusional! You're just looking for things to be triggered about! I've never seen a misogynistic thread on here!"

 

Speak about yourself! Or you would keep being so gravely wrong.