u/allegedly-american

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clavicular is a great example of how autistic boys and girls are socialized differently

Im a female who has lately been deep-diving into the manosphere and just discovered that Clavicular, one of the "leaders" of the looksmaxxing movement (a prevalent theme in the manosphere) is autistic. and although he has clearly problematic viewpoints and behavior. i've realized that it is deep-rooted in his autism and wanting to be accepted but still struggling immensely with social situations. he is a very extreme example of how gender affects the way our neurodivergence is "treated." this is not gender wars but something that many people speculate.

i've seen behaviors similar to Clavicular's (but less extreme) that are mostly prevalent in men with autism. by this i mean that he very bluntly insults people based on looks and sees the world in black and white--and a hyperfixation on sex-appeal and viewing women as objects. i think his social struggles have driven him to extremes. while women with autism do struggle with some of these things, there was a greater emphasis on correcting our social behaviors, telling us to be respectful and such--which is on some level intervention that has helped us. because for some reason being blunt and degrading women has been accepted in men (whether autistic or not) which has allowed Clavicular to go to such extremes. and i am fully convinced that if he had been born a girl he would not be that way. honestly i mourn his character development because i just think he didn't receive enough attention for his autism struggles growing up. thoughts?

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u/allegedly-american — 1 day ago

tourette's research child-focused

has anyone noticed that when they are looking into their tourette's almost all the information is about how children are affected by it? it irritates me because i wasn't even diagnosed until the start of highschool, so that information didn't apply to me anymore. when i want facts about tourette's i can share with people to educate them, the main collectives of information i find are about "how tourette's affects your students' learning" or advice for development/raising kids with it. like they just care less once we've practiced holding in our tics enough or some grow out of it?

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u/allegedly-american — 2 days ago