Social conditioning affecting how Aspergers manifests?

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A lot of cis male Aspies I've seen (famous people, in films, family members etc) seem to, presumably accidentally, sometimes come across as aloof or even rude/aggressive when talking to people they aren't comfortable around. I, however, am far more prone to becoming a bit giggly or excessively polite when I don't know or aren't comfortable around someone. I tend to talk very quietly and higher than I do around friends. I was wondering whether this is to do with the fact I've been raised as a girl.

Can anyone tell me if I've just come across a very narrow range of Aspies, or if anyone else has felt their discomfort manifest in sex-assigned-at-birth-related-stereotype ways.

Aspie boys are more likely to act out when they are frustrated, while aspie girls become withdrawn. I am extremely shy and passive in social situations, so I guess I'm a typical aspie girl in that regard.

"Typically, they put a permanent smile on their faces and constantly try to please others. Some social scientists believe that girls are better at developing such ways of camouflaging their disorder because they are socialized to be passive." -http://www.byparents-forparents.com/asperger-syndrome-girls.html

I also manifest in the female way, more quite and polite when uncomfortable.

I don't think I manifest in a asperger female way at all o-o I am more blunt and probably come off rude to people that way.