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10 Aug 2012, 7:44 am

Apparently, the androgyny isn't just neural in nature...

I suspected it wouldn't be. Very interesting.



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10 Aug 2012, 7:58 am

yankeedoodads wrote:
The problem is at least partially a communications gap. How many of us can clearly and credibly present insights to others, even discounting intentional stubborness by either party?


What does this have to do with anything?


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10 Aug 2012, 1:10 pm

Yet, androgen insensitivity isn't particularly more common in autistic individuals than the baseline...



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10 Aug 2012, 10:14 pm

Ganondox wrote:
yankeedoodads wrote:
The problem is at least partially a communications gap. How many of us can clearly and credibly present insights to others, even discounting intentional stubborness by either party?


What does this have to do with anything?


I was going to ask that question. Are you trying to change us or something? You remind me of ci.


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11 Aug 2012, 5:19 am

What does reading posts in context have to do with anything either?

The preceding post wrote:
And, personally, I think maybe the most interesting part of this study is how it validates the rough consensus found in many topics here on WP. We're always a quarter step ahead of studies about us xd



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12 Aug 2012, 3:55 pm

Perhaps Asperger individuals just can't see the sociality of gender roles. I too feel Agendered but comfortable as male since that is what I grew up to believe.  


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12 Aug 2012, 6:47 pm

PerfectlyDarkTails wrote:
Perhaps Asperger individuals just can't see the sociality of gender roles. I too feel Agendered but comfortable as male since that is what I grew up to believe.  


No, I don't think it can be generalized like that.



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13 Aug 2012, 1:39 pm

Well, I am an mtf person with Asperger's who has been in transitioning for a little over a year. I never seen much of a different in the roles of each gender but for some am a lot more comfortable presenting as a female than a male. I never was androgynous before (I just didn't give any care to my body or image) nor as a goal of transitioning.

I don't think I take hormones and go through this whole journey for any particular reason, but just on the basis of it feeling right.