Lv99_BixNood
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View: https://old.reddit.com/r/AskFeminists/comments/1b27fg2/i_run_a_neurodiversity_group_that_meets_twice_a/
Where's the line between ableism and keeping women safe and comfortable in spaces where men with specific ND issues make them uncomfortable or feel unsafe?
We eventually decided on a rule that everyone who comes in needs to grab a wrist band. Red if you don't want to be talked to/approached and green if you don't want to be talked to/approached.
Although the rule isn't actually real. We (the 3 of us leading the events) only enforce it to keep the autistic men from hitting on the women, the rule actually serves no other purpose. It's just there so that we can go up to the guy and say "Hey look at her wristband, it's time for you to leave" without them being able to rule lawyer us. We've never had to actually even think about the rule when it came to an autistic woman coming up to an autistic guy or two autistic women talking to each other, it's a rule that exists exclusively so that we can get the more creepy autistic guys out of there more quickly.
I feel like we've kicked out or had to warn like more than 60% of the autistic men who come to out meetup group
Jfl, spergs are not even safe in their own self-helf groups @Atavistic Autist