To be fair this guy might well be "on the spectrum" a bit; it's a bit odd to throw in a date request at the end of an e-mail like that but on the other hand, his awkwardness aside, the guy simply asked her out no?
It seems like he's a fellow junior Dr, he previously thought she was a senior academic, she's decided not to collaborate with him for whatever reason and he's then e-mailed to ask why and has thrown in his awkward/(autistic?) date request at the end. If they're colleagues (he's not her supervisor or anything) then asking her on a date (once) isn't some super unethical thing to do.
Now she's posted it on twitter and it seems to have been treated as some heinous crime with people going along with the worst possible interpretations of tone, subtext etc. and how she should report him.
Is the seemingly extremely negative reaction to this warranted?
It seems like he's a fellow junior Dr, he previously thought she was a senior academic, she's decided not to collaborate with him for whatever reason and he's then e-mailed to ask why and has thrown in his awkward/(autistic?) date request at the end. If they're colleagues (he's not her supervisor or anything) then asking her on a date (once) isn't some super unethical thing to do.
Now she's posted it on twitter and it seems to have been treated as some heinous crime with people going along with the worst possible interpretations of tone, subtext etc. and how she should report him.
Is the seemingly extremely negative reaction to this warranted?