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If my autistic brain is extra-male, how come I detest competitive sports of any kind and have all the mechanical savvy of a fish?

I don't think I have any particularly effeminate qualities, but the things typically associated with 'maleness' are mostly things that strike me as brutish and uncouth.

there have been scientific tests to differentiate between male and female brain function, men in general have more 'logical' functioning, like map reading for example. women in general have more 'verbal' functioning, naturally more adept with language etc.
no links i'm afraid but these studies were mentioned on the BBC television series 'QI', normally very thorough in their research.
iirc, it's something to do with more grey matter in the brain for one, white matter for the other.. or perhaps different genders using more of one than the other. surely there are exceptions but i believe this is a demonstrable difference between male and female brain function, generally speaking.
fudo

Yeah, I've been to the BBC brain site. It was pretty interesting. I can def. attest to the fact that i'm female and an extreme systemizer. However, physical evidence would suggest I have normal levels of testosterone, from what they said. Length proportions of the fingers and whatnot.

definitely a different opinion and one i'm inclined to agree with, at least in part, but has this author seen the particular data i referred to and acknowledged it's validity i wonder?
but anyways, i have long suspected that gender is no more a boundary than race or even hair colour and that if one applies hard work and dedication over time then almost anything can be achieved.
as knowledge of autism grows perhaps more will be revealed.
fudo

I'm not like the majority of the women that see around my city, or that I know. I'm not into hair, todays guys and makeup. I would not be caught dead wearing 90% of the clothes that are made for women, these days. I took the BBC ID test and I've scored as having a brain that's more male than female. I have clusters of light facial hair that I need to shave, every two days. I've looked like Mick Avory since I've stopped growing at the age of 21. My looks are natural b for the most part, but part of it is rebellion against what Canadian and American women should look like, according to my mum and society. I've had a different male role model at every different phase of my life. The proof is in the pudding according to my WP history. My rank title has been Austin Powers, Pearly Drag King, Sid The Love Rat and now Mick Avory for many years to come, as I've finally matured as an adult on WP. I don't take hormone therapy, because I'm willing to accept all that God gave me to work with.

Yes, this is a recent picture of me. I don't have male levels of testosterone, obviously, just higher than most women. High enough that my physician suggested that I might want to do something about it.

It's a good theory. I like the theory. Quit knocking the theory.
Maybe it's one of those 'have-in-common' things. It's common to have an extreme male brain but might not apply to all.
I think it's pretty true for me. I can tell I'm more technical and less empathetic, although I have learned it.

It's linked to 2D/4D thoery, as well.

I have the long ring finger which indicates a *male* brain and increased testosterone exposure in the womb.

I don't feel like a man, though. I don't have masculine interests and I'm not great with most "manly" things. I just feel androgynous.