02 Oct 2009, 12:21 pm
bhetti wrote:
ManErg wrote:
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hmm, a union for engineers and technology workers on the spectrum would have to be open to both male and female
No, not at all.
Women have their own groups, as this thread shows. Isn't it amazing how on a thread started by somebody who's created a female Aspie group to further the rights of female aspies, at the first mention of AS men doing similar, we have a suggestion that we have to let women in. 
if you want to talk about a support network for men on the spectrum, go ahead, and the merits can be discussed. male and female needs are different, so it would make sense, BUT a group whose bargaining power is based on the value of the professions represented should not discriminate based on sex, unless its purpose is to represent an historically underrepresented group.
Yes. Gender has nothing to do with this idea. Tech workers need a union. Boeing engineers are unionized. Why can't IT people organize? Actually there have been several attempts to organize a union but it didn't go anywhere.
02 Oct 2009, 6:19 pm
I feel like my topic was hijacked! 
I wanted to find out if there were aspie/autie women on the west coast who needed support or who wanted to offer support.
02 Oct 2009, 6:22 pm
02 Oct 2009, 6:58 pm
whitetiger wrote:
I feel like my topic was hijacked!
It was.
03 Oct 2009, 12:55 am
