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[quote="SanityTheorist"]I never considered myself androgynous or masculine, but I did for a while consider myself feminine. However, thoughts of transgender activity never crossed my mind, just crossdressing. Didn't like it though. I agree with the above poster we are more likely to be androgynous... it is just how we don't focus on clothing to figure out group affiliation. That's society. I won't condemn either side. I would think though unlike with non-aspergians we are just more able to think our way into what we think would benefit us, rather than follow emotional snaps that occur.[/quote]
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SanityTheorist
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:10 pm
Post subject: Hmm
I never considered myself androgynous or masculine, but I did for a while consider myself feminine.
However, thoughts of transgender activity never crossed my mind, just crossdressing. Didn't like it though.
I agree with the above poster we are more likely to be androgynous... it is just how we don't focus on clothing to figure out group affiliation. That's society. I won't condemn either side.
I would think though unlike with non-aspergians we are just more able to think our way into what we think would benefit us, rather than follow emotional snaps that occur.
cthulhureqiuem
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:52 am
Post subject:
lol you sound like me... im constantly being asked if im anemic because im so pale.
fragileclover
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:10 am
Post subject:
Shorttail wrote:
fragileclover wrote:
male clothes are often more comfortable.
It's funny, I find female clothes more comfortable.
At least skirts. They're sooo handy. I used to tie my shirt around my waist in the summer to get a tiny bit of that feeling. :3
I didn't know the androgyny was so profound.
Oh, I loathed skirts and dresses when I was young! I basically despised anything feminine. These days, I like dresses and skirts, but never wear them, because I typically have to wear nylons (YUCK) with them. My skin is
incredibly
pale, due to the fact that I get sun poisoning with the snap of a finger (I've had it three times...all while wearing sunscreen, and being out for an hour or less), so I wear long pants all year around. No one, including me, wants to see those pale things in a dress.
Shorttail
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:56 am
Post subject:
fragileclover wrote:
male clothes are often more comfortable.
It's funny, I find female clothes more comfortable.
At least skirts. They're sooo handy. I used to tie my shirt around my waist in the summer to get a tiny bit of that feeling. :3
I didn't know the androgyny was so profound.
fragileclover
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:45 am
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Hexagon wrote:
I heard that. I researched it, and what a read seemed to confirm that. A british gender therapist said he noticed higher incidence of aspergers in pre-transition transsexuals, especially ftms. I wouldn't know why though. I wasn't aware that most people knew about it though.
Well, as has been noted, it is a trait of many (not all) girls and women with Asperger's to be 'tomboyish' in appearance and behavior, mostly because it's easier to associate with boys and because male clothes are often more comfortable. This, paired with the notion that many Aspies are gender netural; that is, we don't follow gender roles and may at times feel more like one gender than the other...it seems logical that gender dysphoria would be common among those with Asperger's.
I myself identified as FTM for approximately three years, and dealt with feelings of not being a girl for much of my life. However, the last seven years, I've felt entirely female...so, I think, for me at least, Asperger's had a lot to do with it.
Hexagon
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:03 pm
Post subject:
I heard that. I researched it, and what a read seemed to confirm that. A british gender therapist said he noticed higher incidence of aspergers in pre-transition transsexuals, especially ftms. I wouldn't know why though. I wasn't aware that most people knew about it though.
PersephoneX
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:29 pm
Post subject:
kc8ufv wrote:
PersephoneX wrote:
QuantumMichel wrote:
Actually, thats probably true. Either sex of aspies seem more androgynous then NTs in general.
We are not so easy to program, thus we dismiss the idea that we are trapped in one role. I don't believe that if you have a specific sex organ that you can't express the other attributes etc., for all attributes are within every person. Maybe because we allow ourselves to examine these taboo areas of mind, we might find that we like the expression of one that doesn't necessarily match the one that nature assigned us. I think of myself as androgynous in many ways, although I more express traditional femininity. It just so happens that it matches what nature gave me. I think you can be a woman with a penis or a man with a vagina...I think it's more the psyche that determines it. The rest is kind of programming.
At least in reference to your post, I think I am the Y to your X
I think that almost all/many people are really like us, they just gave in to programming. Programming isn't natural. We are natural.
XFilesGeek
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:32 pm
Post subject: Re: Why do people think Aspies are more likely to b transgen
Ambivalence wrote:
theaspiemusician wrote:
I looked at a few posts and apparently there was a study or something.
That there's a small correlation has often and independently been noted. Beyond that it's unclear.
A lot of people seem scared of the idea, because obviously it follows that if a slightly larger number of aspies than expected are trans-, then all aspies are catastrophically infected with The Gay.
Precisely.
Besides, seeing as there is tentative evidence that transgenderism is a result of neurology, it's not that far of a leap that "divergent neurology" might have something to do with.............divergent neurology.
I have no idea why some people flip out at the mere suggestion that a transgendered people might (and a big "might" at that) have AS at a greater-then-expected rate.
QuantumMichel
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:38 pm
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<sarcasm>We are ....... an abomination oooouuuuuuu
</sarcasm>
Ambivalence
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:09 pm
Post subject: Re: Why do people think Aspies are more likely to b transgen
theaspiemusician wrote:
I looked at a few posts and apparently there was a study or something.
That there's a small correlation has often and independently been noted. Beyond that it's unclear.
A lot of people seem scared of the idea, because obviously it follows that if a slightly larger number of aspies than expected are trans-, then all aspies are catastrophically infected with The Gay.
kc8ufv
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:16 pm
Post subject:
PersephoneX wrote:
QuantumMichel wrote:
Actually, thats probably true. Either sex of aspies seem more androgynous then NTs in general.
We are not so easy to program, thus we dismiss the idea that we are trapped in one role. I don't believe that if you have a specific sex organ that you can't express the other attributes etc., for all attributes are within every person. Maybe because we allow ourselves to examine these taboo areas of mind, we might find that we like the expression of one that doesn't necessarily match the one that nature assigned us. I think of myself as androgynous in many ways, although I more express traditional femininity. It just so happens that it matches what nature gave me. I think you can be a woman with a penis or a man with a vagina...I think it's more the psyche that determines it. The rest is kind of programming.
At least in reference to your post, I think I am the Y to your X
PersephoneX
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:20 am
Post subject:
QuantumMichel wrote:
I meant, that since we are more androgynous as a group, probably they are more people on the extremes of the gender spectrum.
That's true.
QuantumMichel
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:22 am
Post subject:
I meant, that since we are more androgynous as a group, probably they are more people on the extremes of the gender spectrum.
PersephoneX
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:09 am
Post subject:
QuantumMichel wrote:
Actually, thats probably true. Either sex of aspies seem more androgynous then NTs in general.
We are not so easy to program, thus we dismiss the idea that we are trapped in one role. I don't believe that if you have a specific sex organ that you can't express the other attributes etc., for all attributes are within every person. Maybe because we allow ourselves to examine these taboo areas of mind, we might find that we like the expression of one that doesn't necessarily match the one that nature assigned us. I think of myself as androgynous in many ways, although I more express traditional femininity. It just so happens that it matches what nature gave me. I think you can be a woman with a penis or a man with a vagina...I think it's more the psyche that determines it. The rest is kind of programming.
QuantumMichel
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:18 pm
Post subject:
Actually, thats probably true. Either sex of aspies seem more androgynous then NTs in general.
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