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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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  • I've found that we look at the world not understanding the crazy unwritten rules of NTs so we look for our own way - and we're so unsure of all the rules that we find our own path that works for us..   

    I found an awful lot of ASD people drift into the more alternative and flexible lifestyle categories looking for what feel right to them - and also exploring some dangerous practices.

  • in reply to Plastic

    What do you mean by dangerous practices?

  • in reply to violetdr3amer

    People looking for 'a little extra' in the dark corners of sex games.    It's almost like looking for the ultimate over-stimulation.    It seems very common for very high functioning ASD girls to want to be bunnies (rope) and hard bottoms.        Totally relinquishing control.      The ASD guys seem to want to explore materials and enclosure scene - which often is more accessible with other guys.  

    I'm not sure what level of detail is permissible on this site but I don't want to frighten the horses.  Smiley

  • in reply to Plastic

    Haha I know what you mean. I am sapiosexual and kinky, I would not be happy with average vanilla sex and a normal boring guy. I've been abused many times by so-called 'Doms' who didn't respect my boundaries. It's a risk of the game unfortunately. But yeah we do need something extra to keep us going/keep us interested. I tried to date normal men because they're safe and just ended up getting bored of them.

  • in reply to Peter

    I'm not judging at all - I'm just mentioning trends I've noticed.      The problem is there's a lot of clever manipulators out the looking for fresh meat - vulnerable people can get in over their head very quickly.   They can be convinced into believing things that the user wants them to believe.

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  • in reply to Peter

    I'm not judging at all - I'm just mentioning trends I've noticed.      The problem is there's a lot of clever manipulators out the looking for fresh meat - vulnerable people can get in over their head very quickly.   They can be convinced into believing things that the user wants them to believe.

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  • in reply to Plastic

    Haha I know what you mean. I am sapiosexual and kinky, I would not be happy with average vanilla sex and a normal boring guy. I've been abused many times by so-called 'Doms' who didn't respect my boundaries. It's a risk of the game unfortunately. But yeah we do need something extra to keep us going/keep us interested. I tried to date normal men because they're safe and just ended up getting bored of them.