The Topological Theory of Autism predicts gender-related behavioral differences on average. Doesn this make it a sexist theory?
In a sense autism itself is a sexist condition: The greater incidence of autism among males is a fact. If a theory proposing that the genders are not identical on average is a sexist theory, then the Topological Theory of Autism is a sexist theory. By this measure the theory that men are taller, deeper-voiced and physically stronger on average than women is a sexist theory. However, if sexism requires that one gender be globally superior to another, then the Topological Theory of Autism is emphatically not a sexist theory: Average difference does not imply global superiority. The same considerations apply to the expected link between autism and latitude of ancestral homeland. Any attempt to use the Topological Theory of Autism to demonstrate the global superiority of a group is a misuse of the theory.
