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I've read and heard multiple perspectives on this but my take on the relationship between aspergers and masculinity is that they are inversely correlated in males. Think about every male aspie you've ever met, seen, heard of, etc. My experience; they've all been mild mannered, introverted and often have distinctly feminine physical characteristics. Plus with all the anxiety disorders associated with the autism spectrum; the idea of someone having both aspergers and high testosterone is completely laughable.

I was reading some studies and articles regarding ASD and hormone profile and I happened upon a forum where someone claimed to have aspergers and went into detail of his profound masculinity; It reminded me of one of those tweens who comment on youtube claiming to be a navy seal er something

Try not to take offense to this; I think the most important part of living with a disorder is to understand and accept it.

What's your take? Have you met any aspies who are also burly men?

I'm neither masculine or feminine, somewhere inbetween. I have been on testosterone replacement in the past and have never had any difference in terms of my autism. My current T levels are around 340 ng/dL, quite a bit below normal for being 32 yrs old, but still in the healthy range.

I have no idea what my T level is but I would not be surprised if it's low.

I'm also not stereotypically masculine (hate sports, don't "drink beer with the guys", was not a jock, I don't have a hairy body, etc) but I'm not feminine (I don't walk or gesture in a feminine way, I have a deep voice, I'm fairly muscular and fairly broad shouldered).

Actually, yes I have. Homeland Security agent, body builder. I think he worked out twice a day to boost his pheromone field and it worked. He couldn't really talk to women, so he just put the moves on them (all the time and very successfully.) Some believe exercise & active sex life can build T. Who knows? It seemed to work for him. But with all that going on, I doubt he ever had much time or inclination to thoughtfully post to a social forum, and I think sex was the only intimacy he could manage without difficulty. Verbally he was, well... you know. So in the end, well, he was probably also fairly psychologically isolated.

I thought there was supposed to be a link between EXCESSIVE testosterone and autism. This would make sense in that the traits ordinarily observed in Aspies are generally considered masculine ones - collecting, organising, categorising; ruthless rationality. There's also Baron Cohen's Extreme Male Brain hypothesis.

None of your business.

Why would you require a statistic to tell you your identity anyway?

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Both of the other diagnosed "aspies" that I know IRL are far more typically masculine than I am, one a Rugby player and sports coach (I wouldn't have identified either of them as autistic before they revealed it following my disclosure.)

Interesting. I too am androgynous, but in the opposite direction, more masculine than a lot of other females.

I'm small, but I have large feet and tend to have much more muscle definition than other women. Since high school I've had a 6-pack even though I never go to a gym. The muscles on my back and forearms are also really defined for some reason, with veins popping on the later.

Anyway, when my hair is short and I dress the way I feel most comfortable (loose fitting cotton clothing), I get mistaken for a teenage boy about 40% of the time, despite my bosoms and high voice. Someone yelled a trans-phobic slur at me once when I was wearing a summer dress. I am assuming they thought I was a trans-woman (m to f) ??? Anyway, all of the trans-women I know have way better style than I do, so I'll take it as a compliment.