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* '''The amount of men with ASD who reported being in a relationship was 16% versus 82% of NT men and 46% of females with ASD.''' (Sample was comprised of people in their mid 30s on average.) | * '''The amount of men with ASD who reported being in a relationship was 16% versus 82% of NT men and 46% of females with ASD.''' (Sample was comprised of people in their mid 30s on average.) | ||
(Note: This figure is likely understating the number of ASD men who are incel,as there are a disproportionately higher number of homosexual/biseuxal men with ASD compared to NTs. The researchers lumped these into a single group.) This is also despite men with ASD reporting having higher levels of sexual desire and masturbating more frequently then NT men. | (Note: This figure is likely understating the number of ASD men who are incel,as there are a disproportionately higher number of homosexual/biseuxal men with ASD compared to NTs. The researchers lumped these into a single group.) This is also despite men with ASD reporting having higher levels of sexual desire and masturbating more frequently then NT men. | ||
===69% of high functioning autistic adolescents want relationships, but almost none succeed=== | |||
The parents of 190 adolescents with high and low functioning autism were surveyed to evaluate the adolescents' perspectives around sexuality.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262581068_Brief_Report_Parent-Child_Sexuality_Communication_and_Autism_Spectrum_Disorders</ref><ref> Graham Holmes, Laura & Himle, Michael. (2014). Brief Report: Parent-Child Sexuality Communication and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 44. 10.1007/s10803-014-2146-2</ref> | |||
The adolescents upon whom parents were reporting were predominantly Caucasian (89.3 %) males (86.8 %) with a median age of 14 years (M = 14.51, SD = 1.96). | |||
Findings were: | |||
* 69.2% of adolescents with high functioning autism expressed desire for a dating relationship. | |||
* 73.1% with high functioning autism expressed attraction to someone of the opposite sex, and 10.0% to the same sex. | |||
* However, only 7.7% of this high functioning autistic cohort reported having had a relationship with someone of the opposite sex, and 1.5% with someone of the same sex. | |||
* Only 1.5% of the group had sex. | |||
Overall this group showed a normal amount of desire for sexual relationships, but a disproportionately low capacity to achieve them. | |||
== Extreme Male Brain Theory == | == Extreme Male Brain Theory == | ||