Poll: Are you male, female, or some other gender/sex?

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CryosHypnoAeon
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30 Jul 2015, 2:11 pm

I'm a small grey crotchless alien from zeta reticuli.

What's it to you ?

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30 Jul 2015, 2:34 pm

I think there's more females on WP because undiagnosed female Aspies often spend a long time looking for an answer. When they think being on the spectrum is the answer they tend to spend time here.

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30 Jul 2015, 3:06 pm

Aha! Equal so far.
Btw. female here.

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30 Jul 2015, 3:25 pm

Anachron wrote:

I feel like a lesbian, trapped in a man's body.

Ditto. Whatever this actually means, I see other spectrum guys with the same perception and it makes me wonder if I'm some sort of neurological edge case that hasn't been accurately defined. Yeah... it probably just means we've acknowledged the fact that life isn't native to the 3rd stone from the sun and that reproduction can't be its' only purpose , considering we're probably the result of a series of cometary impacts; quite an asexual phenomenon, panspermia.

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30 Jul 2015, 5:57 pm

Keep in mind that autistic women might be more inclined to seek out an autism forum than autistic men.

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30 Jul 2015, 7:10 pm

Forum mod is OTHER.

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30 Jul 2015, 8:14 pm

I'm transgendered. I feel very male on the inside and that's how I identify and express myself on the outside, in a 60s Mod sort of a way. I also wish to be treated as such.

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30 Jul 2015, 9:12 pm

I am contentedly female, though in many ways I am not a "typical" woman.

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30 Jul 2015, 11:48 pm

I'm a Kink.

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30 Jul 2015, 11:55 pm

Anachron wrote:

I feel like a lesbian, trapped in a man's body.

you and the funniest comedian ever, eddie izzard.

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31 Jul 2015, 12:26 am

I have no idea what I am.

I'm biologically female so that's what I'll say on the poll

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31 Jul 2015, 1:22 am

Last time I checked male in a male's body both with a male's voice with some facial hair yep I'm a male

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31 Jul 2015, 1:41 am

CockneyRebel wrote:

I'm a Kink.

Maybe the purpose of the poll isn't clear, but isn't it to do with the perceived gender in-balance between biological males and biological females who are on the autism spectrum. The third category in the poll, I assume to take as intersex. Wouldn't it be better to take a separate poll on those people on the autism spectrum who categorize themselves as transgender?

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31 Jul 2015, 7:26 am

I am male but genetically I am XXY

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31 Jul 2015, 7:29 am

gamerdad wrote:

iliketrees wrote:

gamerdad wrote:

kraftiekortie wrote:

It is often stated that there are 4 or 5 times as many males as females on the Spectrum.

Slightly off topic, but somewhat related: does anyone know if the discrepancy in the diagnosis rate for males vs females is more a result of biological differences between the sexes, or of the way the diagnosis criteria are written and the females tend to be socialized?

I've seen both suggested as the real cause, but I've never seen anyone point to any sort of research to back up either assertion.

They discuss it here:

http://sfari.org/sfari-community/commun ... -conundrum

(credit to viewtopic.php?t=288422 )

Awesome, thanks for the link.

That's a very interesting talk.

Interesting to hear the estimate that the true rate is around 2:1 male:female, and the rest of the difference is based in flawed diagnostic instruments and practice.

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31 Jul 2015, 8:20 am

I personally don't believe the 4:1 ratio, but I am not a psychologist or a statistician (wow spelled it correctly first try!).

*If* one believes the 4:1 ratio, and *if* one could believe that so-called STEM occupations tend to have people on the autism spectrum, perhaps that could explain the 20% female of these occupations. Mighty big *IF* there though.

boredome, love the doge. I never heard or saw of "doge" until my kids started playing that agar.io game.

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