At The Risk Of Offending...
... probably quite a few people
Yet another man in the media, who used to be one of the most popular Australian TV personalities in the 90s & early 00s, has been accused of subjecting women to everything from sexualised "banter" to harassment & assault
His excuse? "I have Asperger's"...
Self-diagnosed Asperger's at that - nobody with a medical qualification has told him, he worked it out for himself. How convenient... I suppose he thinks we'll now believe he couldn't control himself because of his 'condition'... Well, I believe the first part
I haven't done any research on this, but probably will now - because there have been too many people who, too many times, claim this 'Autism-Lite' is responsible for their anti-social tendencies (read:'appalling behaviour') & I'm afraid I just don't believe it at all. It's a bit like people blaming Chronic Fatigue for constantly sleeping through the alarm clock... I've known 2 people who had Chronic Fatigue. One of them did everything possible to recover from it (& did), the other rejoiced in it, wallowed in it & to this day, uses it as an excuse to do bugger-all (it's been 20 years...)
Of course, the result of this behavioural association is that these syndromes lose credibility & make people like me question their existence (I mean the syndromes, not mine!) & lump it all under an umbrella term like FITH Syndrome*, which is my diagnosis of people who can't behave in public, despite being highly intelligent & talented, functional, articulate, able to wash & dress themselves & wipe their own backsides
I applaud the exposure & prosecution of men who think it's okay to degrade & demean other people, especially women, but can't abide their tendency to externalise blame. God didn't make you do it. Society didn't make you do it. Your Daddy who didn't love you enough didn't make you do it & I'm sure as hell some pop-psychological "condition" didn't make you do it either. Man up, take some responsibility, take your lumps & take control of your life & actions. THAT'S what gets you real respect...
*Fucked In The Head
Yet another man in the media, who used to be one of the most popular Australian TV personalities in the 90s & early 00s, has been accused of subjecting women to everything from sexualised "banter" to harassment & assault
His excuse? "I have Asperger's"...
Self-diagnosed Asperger's at that - nobody with a medical qualification has told him, he worked it out for himself. How convenient... I suppose he thinks we'll now believe he couldn't control himself because of his 'condition'... Well, I believe the first part
I haven't done any research on this, but probably will now - because there have been too many people who, too many times, claim this 'Autism-Lite' is responsible for their anti-social tendencies (read:'appalling behaviour') & I'm afraid I just don't believe it at all. It's a bit like people blaming Chronic Fatigue for constantly sleeping through the alarm clock... I've known 2 people who had Chronic Fatigue. One of them did everything possible to recover from it (& did), the other rejoiced in it, wallowed in it & to this day, uses it as an excuse to do bugger-all (it's been 20 years...)
Of course, the result of this behavioural association is that these syndromes lose credibility & make people like me question their existence (I mean the syndromes, not mine!) & lump it all under an umbrella term like FITH Syndrome*, which is my diagnosis of people who can't behave in public, despite being highly intelligent & talented, functional, articulate, able to wash & dress themselves & wipe their own backsides
I applaud the exposure & prosecution of men who think it's okay to degrade & demean other people, especially women, but can't abide their tendency to externalise blame. God didn't make you do it. Society didn't make you do it. Your Daddy who didn't love you enough didn't make you do it & I'm sure as hell some pop-psychological "condition" didn't make you do it either. Man up, take some responsibility, take your lumps & take control of your life & actions. THAT'S what gets you real respect...
*Fucked In The Head