There are a lot of possible explanations as to why Soylent gets a different type of coverage than Slimfast (most obvious to me is "it's marketed as a long-term

There are a lot of possible explanations as to why Soylent gets a different type of coverage than Slimfast (most obvious to me is "it's marketed as a long-term meal replacement with adequate calories, not as a short-term weight loss solution with reduced calories".) Jumping straight to "because sexism" is premature and alienating. That sort of conclusion-jumping has been normalized to the point where it is frequently used to marginalize those of us on the autism spectrum. For a long time society was making progress towards acceptance, but recently I've noticed a steady uptick in people being unwilling to bear with my social struggles because they write it off as "mansplaining" or similar. When people choose to see everything through a single lens, and to be immediately accusatory toward those who don't share their exact perspectives, it hits those who struggle with social conventions quite hard.