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Hauge
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05 Dec 2012, 8:12 am

Just curious to know, if statistics in here, are as irl...

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05 Dec 2012, 10:42 am

Dude, this is WrongPlanet. We need an "Other" option!

I'm androgynous, with boobs.

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05 Dec 2012, 11:08 am

Same here. So my face is female and the boobs are small but present, but from behind i am mistaken for a boy sometimes. (Sneakers, Jean, Band-Sweater with Hoodie, Cap... only the long hair could be a hint from behind, but its not that rare that people with band sweaters have long hair.)

If you are wondering, why there are so often more autistic women in internet forums, then men: As i have heard, men more often try to solve their problems alone, while women tend more to solve their problems by discussing them with others. Would explain to me, why there are often very many women around, when according to statistic there should be more autistic men.

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05 Dec 2012, 11:17 am

Callista wrote:

We need an "Other" option!

I agree, and also wonder why there isn't this option available (or similar) in our WP profiles, too? Since I've seen a few here say they don't identify with being male or female.

Just a thought.

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05 Dec 2012, 12:16 pm

I'm a female. I cross dress in male clothes though to my father's horror...

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05 Dec 2012, 2:08 pm

Oki! Didn't think of that... But should have specified >biological gender<!

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05 Dec 2012, 2:23 pm

Hauge wrote:

Oki! Didn't think of that... But should have specified >biological gender<!

Hehe, even then it doesn't particularly come in two categories! There are intersexed people, and trans people who have brains that show up as their mental gender on every brain scan you care to try.

Seriously, study it some--it's quite fascinating what a wide range of genders and gender identities people come in.

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05 Dec 2012, 2:23 pm

Callista wrote:

Dude, this is WrongPlanet. We need an "Other" option!

I'm androgynous, with boobs.

seriously...I was gonna put male. lol

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05 Dec 2012, 3:18 pm

XY or XX, Is the normal way to define gender. But i know its not the whole story...

What i wanted to know, was whether the percentage of AS/ASD/ADD ect. male/females reprecented in here, followed society in general...

But will rest my case!

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05 Dec 2012, 3:42 pm

Hauge wrote:

XY or XX, Is the normal way to define gender. But i know its not the whole story...

The majority of people don't know what their chromosomes are, so it's not the way to define gender. It's usually the other way around - someone assigned male at birth is assumed to have XY chromosomes and someone assigned female at birth is assumed to have XX chromosomes, but this is not always the case.

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05 Dec 2012, 4:05 pm

Schneekugel wrote:

If you are wondering, why there are so often more autistic women in internet forums, then men: As i have heard, men more often try to solve their problems alone, while women tend more to solve their problems by discussing them with others. Would explain to me, why there are often very many women around, when according to statistic there should be more autistic men.

My theory is that women are also more communicative. They tend to be genuinely better at expressing themselves. The single most important reason why they are less frequently diagnosed. There are other factors too, I know.

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05 Dec 2012, 4:27 pm

Lets simplify this: Say you get kicked in the crotch. If something gets "crunched" answer male, otherwise answer female.

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05 Dec 2012, 6:05 pm

I also feel that Other should be an option. I don't believe in that old fashioned binary gender stuff.

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05 Dec 2012, 6:18 pm

http://i47.tinypic.com/f3aum8.jpg"]We need an "Other" option![/quote]

I agree, and also wonder why there isn't this option available (or similar) in our WP profiles, too? Since I've seen a few here say they don't identify with being male or female.

Just a thought.[/quote]

Good point!

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05 Dec 2012, 7:57 pm

I strongly agree too, especially on WP as i have heard that it's common for people with Autism/Aspergers to have mixed gender identities. Personally i don't identify either way so yes i would like to choose "other" if i could.

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Lets simplify this: Say you get kicked in the crotch. If something gets "crunched" answer male, otherwise answer female.

It's not that simple. Just because you have a body that is one or the other doesn't mean your inner gender identity is fixed.

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05 Dec 2012, 9:20 pm

Hauge wrote:

Just curious to know, if statistics in here, are as irl...

Unless I've missed something, shouldn't you have also stated that you were asking for only people with autism/AS to reply? There are NTs on here too. I'm presuming you are looking to see the ratio of female to male autistics? (Good poll if so)

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