Curvy Women? Autism? How could they be possibly related?

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... utism.html

extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence....

Sounds like a preliminary study to me.

I have problems with this study. I have five siblings (three older and two younger). I am the only one with Autism.

And why is it always the man's fault? Let's assume for a minute that it's valid. If a woman is not "curvy", then could be a hormonal issue on her part? I am not saying it is, but I am tired of every study that involves non-NT children being the man's fault.

This is total BS.

My dad is most likely an Aspie. His mother was curvy. His sister is an NT.

My dad preferred curvy women. My mother is curvy. I am most likely an Aspie and my brother is an NT.

I'm curvy.

Now where does that fit into their goofy study?

Also, their sample was ridiculously small. And where was their control group? Did they test the men to see if they were autistic themselves? (That could account for a lack of preference/inability to communicate a preference.)

So ... if I read it right, any man that likes women that look like boys is going to have kids with an ASD ...

Yeah ... right ... I'm gonna take a big leap of guesswork here and suggest that someone involved in writing the report may have been a "full-figured" woman who can not get a date.

(Does this win the Snark Award for "Most Asinine Response to a Controversial Post"?)

Hmnn my mom is curvy, I am an Aspie (Or something much crazier and odder) and my brother is NT.

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Hmnnn.

Is this the same Dr. Brosnan in those annoying ads?

1) Men who have autistic children are more likely to be people with autistic traits themselves, than the general population. (I have no data for this, it just seems probable to me given the genetic aspect)

2) Aspies and others on the autistic spectrum are less likely to hew to the NT standard regarding sex roles and stereotypes. (I have observed this)

3) Duh.



(And I saw somewhere recently that the hip-waist proportion mentioned is only preferred in societies where survival is not much of a challenge. Apparently, societies where a strong, capable individual is needed to assure survival of the family, there is much more preference for women with a straighter middle; the testosterone levels that cause that also are good for a tough, capable mother of children who can handle a crisis.)

"Researchers showed 100 men with autistic children pictures of curvy women, women with athletic frames and more rounded women and found that they do not have a preference on which figure they find more attractive. "

Someone feel free to correct me on this if my logic is faulty but it seems to me that to draw the conclusion that Men who don't like curves are more likely to father Autistics than men who do then the scientists should have started with a sample of men who don't like curves and checked if there was a higher incidence of AS disorders among their children.

It's not that hard to believe.

I mean, physical attractiveness in the general sense does indicate a higher chance of a healthy baby, so...well, if a male picks a woman who is not generally considered attractive, he has a higher chance of fathering a child with a mental disorder.

Now, I must go before the mob descends upon me for calling autism a mental disorder and not the ultimate genetic step.