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

SJH1994

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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  • 21 year old woman here. I believe myself to be asexual however not aromantic and want to find a long term partner. The only issue is I’m Muslim and would find it hard to find another Muslim man who would accept the asexuality and understand I won’t feel sexual attraction towards him. I am open to have sex as I do want kids but definitely not as often as neurotypical couples. Not sure how to go about finding someone for me and whether I should let them know about the asexuality. Like if I do am I more vulnerable to being abused but I don’t want to lead anyone on and get hurt or hurt anyone in the process.

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  • 21 year old woman here. I believe myself to be asexual however not aromantic and want to find a long term partner. The only issue is I’m Muslim and would find it hard to find another Muslim man who would accept the asexuality and understand I won’t feel sexual attraction towards him. I am open to have sex as I do want kids but definitely not as often as neurotypical couples. Not sure how to go about finding someone for me and whether I should let them know about the asexuality. Like if I do am I more vulnerable to being abused but I don’t want to lead anyone on and get hurt or hurt anyone in the process.

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