2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2015.09.009
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Autism and the ghost of gender

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“…Much has been written about the tendency, deliberate or accidental, of autistic people to breach social conventions. Davidson and Tamas 16 highlight that ''doing'' gender as socially expected can be incredibly draining for autistic individuals. Discovering their autistic identity might help autistic individuals process their gender identity as well.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Much has been written about the tendency, deliberate or accidental, of autistic people to breach social conventions. Davidson and Tamas 16 highlight that ''doing'' gender as socially expected can be incredibly draining for autistic individuals. Discovering their autistic identity might help autistic individuals process their gender identity as well.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Autistic gender is being discussed at length within autistic communities, which often describe atypical presentations of gender, 16 whereas when discussed in academia, autistic gender expression is often pathologized and framed in traditional binary terms (masculine/feminine). 17 The challenges autistic individuals face consist of a combination of a complex interplay between different aspects of their personal lives and identities.…”
Section: Gender Expression and Autistic Individualsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…39 For example, a high frequency of people with autism identified as LGBTQ on the forum (measured through different polls on the forum or through different contributors posting in different discussion threads) is invoked to challenge the assumptions of limited or restricted sexual interest among autistic people on Wikipedia. 40 An alternative way of thinking, and qualitatively different forms of expression to most 'normal' people, it is argued by a contributor, may result in autistic people choosing other ways to have sex than according to the norm 41 Questioning the idea of difference between autistic and non-autistic people's sexuality, thus stressing the human sexuality-perspective, a contributor (again ironically) notes that:…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The internalisation of these gender norms begins in early childhood through 'gendered parenting ' and socialisation (Bussey & Bandura, 1999) and may be passively or actively taught. Retribution for gender transgressions may become powerful lessons through which children learn gender-appropriate behaviour (Davidson & Tamas, 2016).…”
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