Asperger's in Girls/Women

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I have such a horrible temper sometimes....but it's fleeting. And I don't hold grudges. I would estimate my emotional maturity is like a child of 8 or 10 years old. I've only recently come to this assessment. I've needed therapy for too long

I must be a strange female aspie since that chart pisses me off because it creates female aspie stereotypes.
It suggests that females are more male and then gives female aspie characteristics. Unless myself and all other aspie females are interviewed then that chart is useless.

I play a sort of game with my eyes. By accident, I found some muscles that when I flex them, my eyes sharpen. It actually feels like my pupils come to points. I know the change shows because people react but I can't see it when I look into a mirror. 2 close friends have also commented on it as being something felt more than seen.

If you )or anyone) puts any stock into the Extreme Male Brain theory, you might also look into 2d 4D ratio.

The majority of (diagnosed) autistics, even women have the male ratio.

But I've been wondering for awhile if there may not be a subset of autism that is the Extreme Female Brain (what Sasha Baron Cohen says schizophrenia is).

Hanging out here for a few years and especially being on the Women's forum gives me the impression that a lot of women might have the SAME core wiring, but with an extremely feminine manifestation.

I myself, have the male ratio they talk about, but I don't feel or act "extremely" male, or even extremely autistic (I'm a woman).

I think I started out with an ASD female or androgynous brain that was masculinized in the womb and that ends result was that I am more similar to men, but not as severe as most people on the spectrum because I started out with some protection.

Men start out with no protection, and then become more masculinized, so they are often more severe and girls will sometimes present in the exact same way, you just see it less.

I really do think the effects of the extremely female brain (outside of schizophrenia) should be studied more.

IMO autism is one thing in ad of itself, and maybe doesn't present at all or very mildly in some folks, maybe they're brains were sexually dimporhous in utero, but that the hormones play a very strong role in how severe the autism will be and how it presents itself.

This isn't to say the Aspie women with the female brains are less severe, but what they have seems less like what wer'e calling autism in a lot of ways.

I have also only recently come to realize that my issue with forming intimate relationships - which I have never done - stems not from gender identification but emotional immaturity (and in typical Aspie fashion I had to have this pointed out to me bluntly before I recognized it). The only way I have of relating to the concept of romance is through the eyes of a child towards an authority figure.

When I think of love I think of the awe and respect one has for knowledgeable and experienced individuals, coupled with physical attraction. I am also easily angered, but my temper is extremely short-lived and I do not hold grudges. I suppose that makes me around ten years old?
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Most of those "female aspie traits" apply to men and autistic men too. Or since when exactly do all (autistic) men dress up in uncomfortable clothes? Maybe I'm missing some unsaid/implicit context that applies to the idea of the chart.

I don't think the chart is meant to list traits exclusive to autistic women as contrasted to autistic men, but simply to list traits autistic women have, many of which will almost certainly overlap with autistic men.