PEOPLE WITH "SEVERE ASPERGER SYNDROME"

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STEREOTYPE?
SEXIST?

I simply said the TRUTH! It was a truth I would have, and HAVE, said of a man! OK, let's say PHIL DONAHUE!! !! !! Feel better!?!?!? He is an IDIOT that simply encourages OTHER idiots by PERVERSION! And GET THIS EVERYONE!! !! !! !! !! ! He is a WHITE MAN! OK, FEEL BETTER!?!?!?

Anemone,

By your SEXIST and RACIST comment, you have simply solidified my position! Your comment was SEXIST because YOU brought it up and accused one of the other sex of racism that he did NOT bring up! It is RACIST because you probably figured I was white and spoke of stereotypes, etc...

All the same, I brought up ANOTHER example that is the SAME sex/race that I am!

With respect to Oprah: I've been a member of several high IQ societies, as well as been in male dominated environments where everyone is supposed to be a brain (or at least well educated), and it is my impression that when women look or act feminine (e.g. large breasts, or talkative) they are automatically assumed (by men) to be less intelligent than men. Example: Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein and the joke about her looks and his brains vs his looks and her brains - people tend to assume she was less gifted than he was, but she was extraordinarly intelligent as well. I am very tired of this. If this is not what you meant, then I guess I overreacted. On the other hand, there is a lot of that out there. So be careful. You may be reflecting sexist stereotypes without realizing it.

I didn't think racism had anything to do with it.

The original point was that Oprah's social skills had something to do with her success. I think that's obvious, but that doesn't mean high intelligence wasn't also a factor. A lot of successful people are highly intelligent (and also somewhat lucky) but not all highly intelligent people do well, since it takes more than intelligence. You did imply lack of intelligence. And I guess I took it as a sexist stereotype since most people in the position you were discussing are male, but you chose a female example. Usually women have to be smarter/more talented than men to do as well. Of course, Oprah benefitted from affirmative action programs as well - she was just plain lucky that way (her timing was good).

I dont know anything about Phil Donahue, though if I were going to pick a famous successful person known more for political skills than intelligence, he probably wouldn't be my first choice even if I did . . . .

If people with Asperger's syndrome retain "childlike" qualities even as adults, it is likely for the same reason that females mature faster than males, blacks faster than whites, apes faster than humans.
Asperger's syndrome is not a disorder, it is a degree of expression of Neanderthal genes.
And, the fact that Aspies may often have those "childlike" attributes is not a bad thing. It makes out of them people who will be prone to be better at problem solving, and more prone to experiment.

It is understandable that the fact that women seen as more feminine are often assumed to be less intelligent.
Both male and female aspies tend to have more a masculine brain. It is why some female aspies can occur to be bisexual.
More masculine brains will have more water flowing through the corpus callosum, the structure that links the left and right hemisphere of the brain, further enhancing interhemispheric communication. But that is not the only thing that supposedly makes men more intellectually apt.
Asperger's syndrome also usually comes with a thicker corpus callosum.