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Regarding the behavior profiles typical of those with ASD, a study published in 2014 found that, using a modified version of the Bem Sex Role Inventory, those with ASD generally exhibiting a more androgynous gender profile,<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0087961</ref>. This was mainly based on those with ASD generally less of a competitive drive, poorer leadership abilities and lower assertiveness. However women with ASD reported a greater masculinized gender identity, and two thirds stated they were tomboys in childhood vs one-third of control women. | Regarding the behavior profiles typical of those with ASD, a study published in 2014 found that, using a modified version of the Bem Sex Role Inventory, those with ASD generally exhibiting a more androgynous gender profile,<ref>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0087961</ref>. This was mainly based on those with ASD generally less of a competitive drive, poorer leadership abilities and lower assertiveness. However women with ASD reported a greater masculinized gender identity, and two thirds stated they were tomboys in childhood vs one-third of control women. | ||
Another study in 2010 found that those with ASD were 10 times more likely to be referred to a gender identity clinic than those in the general population.<https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10803-010-0935-9</ref>. This poses a problem to the extreme male brain theory of autism, because both sexes were equally likely to exhibit gender dysphoria. Whereas one would expect females to be dysphoric than males if the extreme male brain theory was true. However, the authors state that this form of gender dysphoria may be atypical, and could possibly be related to the obsessional interests often found in those in ASD. It was also found that, contrary to the majority of typical developing individuals with gender dysphoria, those in the study who exhibited both gender dysphoria and ASD were not attracted to their natal sex, but were attracted to individuals of the opposite birth sex. | Another study in 2010 found that those with ASD were 10 times more likely to be referred to a gender identity clinic than those in the general population.<ref>https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10803-010-0935-9</ref>. This poses a problem to the extreme male brain theory of autism, because both sexes were equally likely to exhibit gender dysphoria. Whereas one would expect females to be dysphoric than males if the extreme male brain theory was true. However, the authors state that this form of gender dysphoria may be atypical, and could possibly be related to the obsessional interests often found in those in ASD. It was also found that, contrary to the majority of typical developing individuals with gender dysphoria, those in the study who exhibited both gender dysphoria and ASD were not attracted to their natal sex, but were attracted to individuals of the opposite birth sex. | ||
==Women on Aspies== | ==Women on Aspies== | ||