I'm curious, how do women/girls on the spectrum deal with dating?

I'm asking this as a male, so hope its okay, as its just a subject I was curious about

I often here how there is a difference in autistic behaviours between boys/men and girls/women, I was just wondering how this pans out in the dating world? I know a lot of males struggle in this regard, and are not as easy at hiding autistic traits such as social awkwardness, whereas women on the whole -I underline ON THE WHOLE, seem to be better at masking and dealing with social situations, I was wondering if there are any women who may have difficulty in this regard, ie feeling a bit overwhelmed, struggled with social situations and have not been able to participate in dating and are single as a result, or whether anyone has not really struggled so much, as I have seen it mentioned that autistic women are more likely to be partnered/married than autistic men.

Note-My experience with this and my current situation is fairly typical of many autistic men

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  • I’ve never dated anyone and I’m 26 in December! Only time I have been asked out was in secondary schools and when I refused them I got bullied for it and then got bullied into “going out” but nothing happened. But I feel that was more just kids being stupid and cruel as I went to a very rough school. If anyone has approached me since then my dad scares them off and says I’m not ready for relationships. I guess I am just hoping the right guy will come along one day, even if I don’t get married till like 40

  • I mean if tour worried then take this on board sometimes you will just find a close friend and it happens from there I mean it’s never happened toe but it does happen 

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