anna_p13 wrote:
I'm curious as to what other people have to say. Do you think there is any truth to the "extreme male brain theory" of AS? Do you relate well to other women? How about to men?
Interesting piece of info:
When you scan a guy who has AS, their brain shows up as markedly different than normal.
When you scan a girl with AS, their brain shows up as a male NT's would (as opposed to female), with a few slight and minor differences.
(this is one of the reasons that girls are often not diagnosed when they are younger)
I don't think I subscribe to the "extreme male brain" theory.
I know that most AS women tend to be a more even balance of female and male, or more gender neutral.
Just because we happen to be an even balance, yes we are more "male brained" than your average NT female, but it doesn't mean that the extreme male brain theory is correct.
If it were, we would expect to see markedly more biased towards the male side, and that isn't happening. Also - Baren-Cohen has really only studied males, so for us women, we're not even really being counted or considered when theories like this are proposed.