What are some specific characteristics of girls/women with

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Asperger's that guys don't have or don't exhibit much? I know there isn't much supported evidence out there but thoughts and opinions on the matter would be nice too.

I always thought it would be the same.

One article I have come across indicates girls are more likely to engage in apparently imaginative play (for instance incorporating themes like princesses, unicorns) according to the anecdotal experience of the author.

Other literature I have read indicates that females are more likely to be better 'social mimics' (ie they might laugh if others in a group laugh, or hang back and copy-alongside others when they do not understand long lists of instructions (for instance during classroom tasks).

Girls as a group are speculatively suggested as being more passive and less prone to 'acting out' when their problems do not receive attention. There is some suggestion that where a male might dig in and throw temper-tantrums and refuse to cooperate (thus forcing the point where their sensory/routine etc issues are concerned), girls might be more inclined to submit and 'grin and bear it', with resulting negativity turned inward rather than outward.

I've also read that some experts have speculated that females as a group have a higher propensity toward 'soft science' interests, for instance languages, literature, sociology, history/historic figures, individual persons, than do males as a group.

Over-all, there is some anecdotal evidence, and opinions inferred by 'experts' on the basis of their experience, but ultimately not a lot is actually known from comprehensive or robust study/research. It's an area that needs urgent investigation in my view.

The way I've heard it explained is that girls are often "little philosophers" while boys are "little professors", but I don't know if I agree with that.

Anyway, apparently, there is not much (if any?) research on the subject.

outraegous beauty and maddening charisma.

The ability to find spouses anyway, if they want to, because of market conditions that make this easier for women in general.

WOW I cannot believe that. When I was little I was completely obsessed with princesses, horses, unicorns, Pegasus. Never knew why exactly.

That's true too. My favorite subject in high school was Psychology, next, English/Lit.
In college I excelled at English/Lit and Art.

That's true too. My favorite subject in high school was Psychology, next, English/Lit.
In college I excelled at English/Lit and Art.

Psychology was definitely very interesting to me. Also social studies and geography but English was not one of my favorite subjects. But I have to say I was a good creative writer.

Well, I can fake normal pretty well. It is excruciating and exhausting, but I know how to do it.

Also, I always had lots of friendships. They all happened to be with guys, I think because they were "interested" in me (my unfriendliness didn't seem to matter). I can imagine that not happening for guys with AS.

I got a computer science degree because I could, but if I had it all to do over again I'd focus on psychology and/or neuroscience. Computer science is super boring to me.

Aren't all little girls? When I was 3, all I wanted to do was watch "Sleeping Beauty" and build castles out of Legos. I think those are pretty common interests. Princesses are a stereotypical interest for younger girls, and horses are stereotypical interests for girls a bit older (like elementary and middle school). I was never into horses, but it seemed like everyone else was.

Of course, although my obsession with "Aladdin" at ages 8-9 may have been normal, the form it took was not necessarily very typical. I would spend hours pouring over samples of Arabic (from books, from the Saudi Arabian flag), convinced that if I worked at it hard enough, I would be able to decipher the "code" and learn to speak Arabic.

Our "Super Male Brains" (minor hint of sarcasm here)make it easier for us to relate to men and that makes it easier for us to have relationships with men if that is our inclination.....perhaps.....

When I was little I was obsessed with male Disney characters and I "WAS" those characters. I would appear in character as them in public, and if asked what my name was I would respnd that I was Pinnochio or Mowgli...or whoever i was obsessed with being at the time. I was not into girly stuff till i was a bit older.

Uh, no. I wanted to be an astronaut and had no use whatsoever for those wimpy princess typed. At kindergarten I wanted to play baseball, like the boys were doing. But the girls had to play jump rope because girls did not play baseball. I refused to jump rope and just went over and sat under a tree and decided I was a pirate.

I wanted a pony, though.

I haven't seen anything written in literature that's specific, other than that females with Asperger's can lack the all-encompassing cerebral obsession, and that females with Autism tend to have a greater prevalence of severe mental retardation than males.

I'd say the symptoms are the same, though girls may be a little more interested in socializing. That's just conjecture though.