A lack of adult male presences on WP.

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Women don't necessarily have a lower chance of having problems from their autism.

Also, I don't recall encountering more than one other person who appeared to complain about real world observations not matching their demographic assumptions in my entire life. Is this seriously causing you tsuris?

Male, living on my own for 18 years.

One of the first things i learned here was the overwhelming male/female ratio of ASDs was just a myth and is actually more even amongst the genders. But i see that female diagnoses are harder to ascertain due to preconceived gender roles.

And even on here, it is difficult to determine posters' gender unless they explicitly say them. Names can be ambiguous or misleading so i can't go by those.

Don't know what makes you think such a thing...
There's lots of us posting here, unless we're busy swilling beer, putting a wrench to an old automobile, smoking expensive cigars, drinking cheap whiskey, or watching young ladies in tight clothing .....

I'd love to chime in, but unfortunately I do not meet the requirements for your definition of an 'adult male', as I've never 'lived on my own' thus far. My dad's an alcoholic who's been unemployed for years, and I'm working as a cleaner; the 2 of us are getting by.

Heck, why'd we stop at 'adult' and 'male'? Why don't we throw in 'white', 'straight', 'Christian', and all the other lowest common denominators to get some representation on this forum for this very, very misunderstood segment of the autistic population?

Expecting people whom have "lived on their own for five years" to come to this forum is ridiculous. If they were able to do that they would have no reason to come here.

Well, I think people over the age of 30 or so are less likely in general to use the internet for socialising because they grew up in the pre-internet era. People who are older than me (I'm 31) don't usually seem to "get" the concept at all, and I think older people are more likely to look elsewhere for their support. And because young people are being diagnosed at far a higher rate now and are more likely to use the internet to socialise, it makes sense for them to be the majority.

Also, you may notice that the majority of this forum is made up of people who are either recently diagnosed, questioning, or experiencing some autism-related difficulties in their life. Most people who don't fall into these categories aren't interested in talking about autism - they are getting on with other things. For better or for worse, males tend to be more and earlier diagnosed than females, and so it would be normal to have a disproportionately large number of undiagnosed/questioning/recently diagnosed adult females than males. I think the fact that there are more females here suggests females are actually more likely to have problems with autism (especially regarding its undiagnosis) than males, not less.

Here's another possibility no one has suggested: females tend to have the desire to socialise more (even autistic females) and this forum offers a venue in which to safely do that. The males are all locked in a room with their special interest and have no interest in talking to anybody.

For the record though, I'm an adult male and I've seen plenty about the place, though as you suggest, not as many as the statistics would suggest. I personally think the statistics often given are outdated and inaccurate.

I have lived independently for 7 years. I am still independent, working, but live at my father's house until next fall to save money. Does that count? I am 31 years old.