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Autism and gender identity

violetdr3amer

I just came across this article and it got me thinking...

https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/

I saw some stats somewhere a while ago, which show that quite a lot of people on the spectrum are trans or identify as non-binary/gender-fluid. Quite a lot of us are gender non-conforming, or we don't identify to our assigned gender role.

I'm a woman but I've been told many times that I "act like a bloke", and from my observations/in my opinion, NTs are much more gender-stereotyped and conform more to societal gender roles.

Thoughts?

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  • It's been my observation that autistic people don't conform to social roles period so I don't see why gender should be any different. When you're talking about gender dysphoria there are really at least 2 potential aspects to consider, dysphoria with ones primary and secondary sexual characteristics, and dysphoria with the social role associated with ones gender. It's entirely posable to have one but not the other in my view.

    But with regards to the latter just because you reject the role associated with your sex it doesn't mean you want to, or would be happy if you could, adopt wholesale the role of the other gender. This is one of the reasons real life experience is required before irreversible medical procedures, you want to be sure someone will actually be happier in a different gender role.

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  • It's been my observation that autistic people don't conform to social roles period so I don't see why gender should be any different. When you're talking about gender dysphoria there are really at least 2 potential aspects to consider, dysphoria with ones primary and secondary sexual characteristics, and dysphoria with the social role associated with ones gender. It's entirely posable to have one but not the other in my view.

    But with regards to the latter just because you reject the role associated with your sex it doesn't mean you want to, or would be happy if you could, adopt wholesale the role of the other gender. This is one of the reasons real life experience is required before irreversible medical procedures, you want to be sure someone will actually be happier in a different gender role.

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