Aspie men and Aspie women in society!

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Do you agree that in western society if your a man and have AS your A LOT more screwed than a women who is an aspie. I believe as well that a women with aspergers has a very similar quality of life too how an NT women does yet there is a HUGE gulf between a aspie man compared too an NT man when it comes too being successfull in life. I think in general its disgraceful the way society treats men and people should realise that sexism in general is WRONG.

If your a man with AS you are the opposite of what is expected from men in todays society in general and that is a DEADLY characteristic. If your a women with AS then there is no point even dwelling on it becasue it will not affect how far you get in life as much as it would effect someone with dyslexia or ADHD.


Your thoughts on this? Hopefully in future generations society will change its ways but unfourtantly in our generation society is still stuck in stone age when it comes too values etc...

How about society just stop geneder discrimiation and stereotyping all together? the world would be a much better place if it did. same as racism in my opinion.

I can see what the first post is trying to get at, but I don't think it actually works out like that. I mean, although men stand out from the sporty guys and such, women are the same.

Also, I know someone with dyslexia, and it affects her a LOT, she's been struggling with it for ages, so it's not always a small condition just because it's made out to be mild.

Same here. I don't feel any more advantaged than the men just because I am a different gender. People expect women to be a certain way. A way I struggle being. I cannot live up to gender stereotypes most the time.

I hate gender stereotypes - I wish we were all one gender to be honest but then I expect humans would still find a way to be prejudiced about it!

Don't females with aspergers have it easier in the dating world though?

I also hate gender stereotypes. I've felt male my whole life, yet the people in my life were expecting me to be more feminine. Women are expected to be small, petite and weak. They're supposed to prostitute themselves. They're supposed to be all squealy and bubbly. They're supposed to drool over male dancers. I didn't want any of that for me, so I've started to identify myself as Male at the age of 21.

I also have no interest in the dating world. If you look like Mick Avory, give me a call.

I think in general you're right in the sense that the worst cases I've seen were in men and I do believe that more men are diagnosed with it but for me it depends on how badly you have it. I've seen some pretty severe cases of Asperger's Syndrome on women as well, some more severe than men. It really depends.

The topic should be about attractive aspies v unattractive aspies, not male aspies v. female aspies. Unless the person has an absolutely repugnant personality. Being attractive doesn't help, there. But, it's just like everything else in life. It helps to be good looking and hurts to be ugly unless you can find the rare clique that does not care about how people look.