A lack of adult male presences on WP.

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Many of those problems are real, but they are not unique to your gender.



Actually, per some autism specialists (Tony Attwood, Lorna Wing, Christopher Gillberg) the ratio of male:female is closer to 1.5. to 2:1. 4:1 is not a "cold hearted[sic] fact."



Well, apparently to you there aren't very many of them here. Why is that? It's not because they're being forced out or prevented from participating, so why aren't they here? Or rather, why aren't they in the particular part of the forum you prefer to investigate?

Last edited by Verdandi on 15 Mar 2013, 4:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I only participate in three subforums. That is the way my interest functions.
I expect on this type forum a lot of members are only posting in the sub forums that hold their interest.

Not much overlap of different interests. The tight focus on narrow paths can lead to quite different conclusions from identical overall daily posts.
When I find what I am looking for I quit looking. Knowing I do this, I no longer count what I have found as applying to everyone or all things.
The big picture evades me.

Interesting question, which begs this one....are there fewer men, or are women just generally more likely to post on sites like this than men are?

The OP is known to write in a manner that is more subjective than some posters. The posts in this thread reflect his(?) communication style. The thread could have been styled as "Are there any adults on this forum".

The 4/1 DX ratio is of unclear orgin and even more unclear validity. I don't like when we (as posters) get stuck quoting some statistic or conclusion that has no real validity, except for the fact that someone, somewhere, said it. I'd like to see that particular "statistic" thrown in the dustbin of history.

Yes, the "General Autism Discussion" forum can be percieved as having fewer adult posters. There are many reasons for that, as stated in the posts above.

One fact that I would like to point out is that many of the threads in "General" really would'nt have any attraction to the sort of posters that OP would be looking for. I would instead look to "Politics, Philosphy, and Religion", and "Work and Getting a Job" instead.

Damn... I have a link that slightly meshes this this topic, but I don't have enough posts nor have I been here long enough to post it. It's on a site called "The Autistic Me" on Blogspot and the post is called "Cities and Autism! Diagnostic Rates are not Incidence Rates"... Maybe someone with posting privileges could work some Google magic?

That aside, I don't think that there are more females than males or vise-versa in the Autistic community. But, I don't know about anyone else, but I don't know a tonne of males that like surfing forums all day. Only a few.

I have not noticed a lack of male presence, but there are many more females regularly posting here than there are on other aspie forums I have visited. Though there is one in particular that was originally male-dominated, that now seems more evenly split...hmmmmm.......

Who cares?

Why should it be an issue? I see a lot of arguing here that seems to be a bit pointless to me....men vs. women, those who are independent vs those who are not...those who have jobs, those who have hobbies, those who have time, those who always pipe in and argue...who has it harder...we are not all alike. Being atyicpally wired and going on a site for the atypically wired does not guarantee you will find a bunch of people just like you.

Who cares?

Though I am not sure I understand why sharing a perceptual observation should result in all of this arguing, either...

There's more to this topic than meets the eye. It's effectively a (thinly disguised) collateral attack on a hotly debated topic of a month or so ago. The topic is probably best left to waste away in the electronic ether.

I see.

Well, I am personally opposed to bringing up dropped contentious debates in sheep's clothing. I find it immature.

I had something else to say, but deleted it. I will shorten it to this: Many people may look at my life and think--from the outside--that I am unaffected by my wiring. This is so far from the truth it is laughable. Looks can be deceiving.