What of those with cognitive deficits, insufficient socialization, right brain developmental or damage issues resulting in decreased ability to comprehend prosodic and sublingual context, Asperger’s syndrome, &etc.?
I work in high tech, so I meet a lot of people (both male and female, but primarily male) who are not necessarily physiologically capable of very high social function. They are not bad people just because the socially able find their demeanor condescending; generally speaking such folks are doing the best they can, trying to follow cues that are hard or impossible for them to see. I’m not sure they deserve anyone’s derision.
