I find >>4's point on empathy deeply important, and it's very important to understand people's reactions to your acts; the empathetic "careing," intuitive aspect isn't really needed in social context.

We humans must understand the emotional 'language' of an subject (even groups) to converse.

Change how you interact, but those who do so too readily are the conformists.
Humans are often as beasts; the blatantly odd spooks them, ignorgance brings a degree of discomfort in all but the best of us.