Protection Force… from Autism?

I just ran into a very disturbing face book group, that states its mission is l is to inform girls and women that a percentage, not most, of Autistic people are more likely to be rapists.  So what you are saying is because I have autism I am more likely to rape woman I find attractive?   They then back up this claim with a whole bunch of nonsense information.

The Protection Force Logo

Some claims the group uses to back up its claim that Autistic people are more likely to be rapists:

• Autism is a disease that affects almost entirely boys; one theory for this is that Autism is an “extreme male mind.” Autistic boys are apethetic and are unable to know how another person feels, or will feel. They also become very distressed if they do not get their way.
• Autistic boys desire sex like all boys do, but boys with Autism are unable to express their emotions in ways that are meaningful to other people and have an exteme male mind. What if Kate does not want to have sex with Alex? He is rigid, apethetic, thinks everyone shares his ideas, impulsive, extremely male, and violent. Do you think Alex would accept Kate’s feelings? No, I think you know what comes next.
• Autistic boys are apethetic and are unable to know how another person feels, or will feel.

The group goes on further claiming that ‘This group does not encurage hatred of any kind’.  I think that making a claim such as this is in fact pretty clear hatred.

I’m going to state this from my own personal perspective, and I encourage other autistic people to share there prospective.  I have female friends who I find attractive, I have female friends that I would not mind dating – but I can’t even figure out how to ask them out (its way to socially complex for me).  As some with Autism I understand pain, right, wrong, etc.  I could never rape a girl I find attractive, as I know how much pain that would cause.  I have trouble interpreting others feelings, but it does not make me oblivious to another’s prospective.

If you would like to look at this group yourself its located at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20379907381

Sorry if this seems half put together – I’m very upset by this.

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