theprisoner wrote:
OlivG wrote:
I read some studies that the autistic women have higher testosterone levels than the NTs.
If that's true, that would mean autistic women have higher sex drive. And desire sex more. A natural consequence of higher levels.
It's not that simple. Most hormones have complex, hard-to-predict, highly individualized effects on behavior. And often on physical functions, too. A lot of it depends on how sensitive various cells are to that hormone, and whether regulatory functions try to interfere with the hormone's effects, and so forth. Eg a type 2 diabetic produces plenty of insulin, but their cells aren't very sensitive to insulin, so the insulin they're producing has trouble actually affecting anything.