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Averick
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| agmoie wrote: | Its impossible to be gay and have Aspergers if you are male.Yes many female Aspies are lesbian or bisexual.
Every gay I have ever met has similar eye contact and mannerisms/body language to female heterosexuals.
Hormones ARE the determining factor in sexual orientation and brain development.
Low levels of testosterone in the male fetus in the womb=gay
High levels of testosterone in the male fetus in the womb=Aspergers
The Asperger`s diagnosis is handed out too readily especially in America. |
Honestly, that is nothing more than a poorly constructed theory of hormone levels in utero. Scientists could never survey all examples of diversity in this category. To do something like this, you would have to survey everyone since conception. Not to mention the myriads of doctors who profess that autistic sexuality engrosses a commonplace deviation. Homosexuals, bisexual, pansexual, asexual etc.. Do a google search on homosexuality + autism if you like. There are some doctors who think homosexuality and autism are related genetically.
If a lipstick lesbian approached me as an aspie, I wouldn't suspect that she has some sort of chemical dysfunction in the womb. |
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olle
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Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:57 am Post subject: |
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I am male, and both of my index fingers are longer than my ring fingers. But am i gay? Nope. Not much. Maybe a liiitlle bit, straight/gay ratio 95/5 or so.  I also have a lot of traits of Asperger's.
So, the finger theory makes no sense to me. |
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alphacent
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Location: Central Arizona
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As the person who started this forum, I have two comments based on what I have read here. (1) the idea that a male cannot be gay and have Asperger's is nonsense. Maybe, someone with severe autism is not likely to be gay (IF the testosterone theory is correct), but AS is a very mild form of autism, and possibly not even related (the verdict is not in yet, from what I have read).
(2) Although I do apologize for using the expression "abnormal sexual orientation," I don't see what is wrong with it. After all, "abnormal" just means "not-the-norm" to me. I don't feel that it has negative connotations. But, to those who feel that it does, I apologize. |
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Hedgehog
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| IsThatAFact wrote: | | I thought that stereotypically Aspies were logical and analytical, reading some of the poorly informed and clearly bigoted and prejudiced comments in this discussion, I am not convinced that many so called Aspies are really any different from expressing the same ignorance that we criticise most of the 'normal' population for having. |
Same here.
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sonny1471
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| I've seen the "can't be gay and have AS" comment before. It's a load of crap, actually. I'm not sure if agmoie was the person who stated it before, but it's still a load of crap. If that theory is true, then how do you explain all of the men with AS that are gay? Their doctor's were wrong? They really don't like being with men? That theory just doesn't hold water. Hormonal influences in utero have never been proven to have anything to do with sexuality. Just as hormonal influences have never been proven to have anything to do with AS. They're both just theories. Sweeping blanket statements just piss me off. Ugh. |
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MissConstrue
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Joined: Feb 05, 2008
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| AndersTheAspie wrote: | | Aspies are macho by default? Gays are feminine by default? What did I miss? |
Not all gays or gay aspies are what you would call feminine. Some of them act as macho as some of the straight guys. I have a friend who's still in the closet about it and I would never have guessed he was gay.
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