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Male-Femal differences in experiencing life with Aspergers?

Technophobe23

I have been looking on Youtube at videos about Aspergers. I have found a few interesting videos (and a larger number of uninteresting or downright annoying ones!).

Among the most interesting so far, to me, is one called: "Adult Female Asperger's Traits" - don't know if it will paste, but here's an attempt to paste the link:- 

www.youtube.com/watch

It seems to have worked.  Well my reason for having found this so interesting is that I found myself recognizing very many of the 'traits' listed throughout the 4 minutes or so of the video.  Not all of them, but a large majority of them really did ring true.  I am not female though, I am a 55 year old male who has recentyl started the process of being diagnosed. I am now wondering whether (a) it is not meaningful to split AS traits into male / femal, as they are common regardless of gender, or (b) whether I am unusual in having highly female characteristics.

Anyone got any knowedge or thougts on this?

Parents

  • As usual, with anything that really matters to people on an everyday basis, research on this is scant.

    But it does seem likely to experience sexual ambiguity and sexual identity issues on the spectrum. There has also been reported, but not in any mainstream literature, that you are much more likely to be gay. However that might be evidence of delusional sexual orientation rather than actual.

    Part of the problem must lie with social referencing. If you don't interact well socially you are bound to miss out on peer pressure from an early age to conform to one or other identity, and conform in terms of sexuality. You might therefore use inappropriate role models.

    That said there doesn't seem to be an issue with deaf or blind people who would similarly lose out on social referencing. But then maybe thast isn't studied much either

    The theme has cropped up a number of times before so worth searching the forum archive.

    Of course it won't get discussed that much, for all the wrong reasons. I think parents particularly need to be aware and supportive and understanding of odd sexualities.

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  • As usual, with anything that really matters to people on an everyday basis, research on this is scant.

    But it does seem likely to experience sexual ambiguity and sexual identity issues on the spectrum. There has also been reported, but not in any mainstream literature, that you are much more likely to be gay. However that might be evidence of delusional sexual orientation rather than actual.

    Part of the problem must lie with social referencing. If you don't interact well socially you are bound to miss out on peer pressure from an early age to conform to one or other identity, and conform in terms of sexuality. You might therefore use inappropriate role models.

    That said there doesn't seem to be an issue with deaf or blind people who would similarly lose out on social referencing. But then maybe thast isn't studied much either

    The theme has cropped up a number of times before so worth searching the forum archive.

    Of course it won't get discussed that much, for all the wrong reasons. I think parents particularly need to be aware and supportive and understanding of odd sexualities.

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