Mentioned to a coworker that I'm getting some books, for example on autism, and as they showed interest in the topic, proceeded to lightly info dump. Did give some space so that it was a true conversation. However, it reminded me of a thing I've been pondering.
As I present male, I've always been overly cautious of not mansplaining -- or at least ever since I learned about the term. Now that I know I'm autistic, I understand it's entangled with having learned that NTs don't like infodumping.
Whatever the cause, I have a tendency to stay silent even if I know about the topic at hand but aren't 100% certain that it's appropriate to talk about it. Sometimes it makes me sad.
@felyashono Spot on. Example of mansplaining: Telling the author about her own publication or research programme in a condescending manner. Reply guy is just butting in with a #notall comment.
Perhaps we should say "this subject fascinates me" before infodumping? [email protected]@actuallyautistic