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As a trans non-autist who grew up embracing a uniquely girly personality (and was accepted by friends and family as just being uncommonly feminine) I can say th
by silentsanctuary 6y ago
As a trans non-autist who grew up embracing a uniquely girly personality (and was accepted by friends and family as just being uncommonly feminine) I can say that this did not reduce the impact of gender dysphoria. Especially after looking at the community at large, I believe these are entirely unrelated issues.
- fxtentacle 6y agoI was trying to argue the other direction: Maybe some autists will mistake their acceptance issues as gender dysphoria, thereby leading to a higher trans percentage among autists (which was the main observation from the paper). As such, I disagree with you that trans and autism are unrelated issues, because the paper measured a correlation. It's just that nobody knows in which direction the effect goes.
- lordCarbonFiber 6y agoI love how cis people, after reading (likely only the abstract) of one paper and now fashion themselves experts on the lived experience of trans people. Measuring a correlation says nothing about causation (either way; there's a lot of room for confounding factors). The implication that autistic people will "mistake" their dysphoria is incredibly patronizing and just frankly rude.
- fxtentacle 6y agoYour post sounds like you strongly disagree with me, but it looks like we do agree on the facts. The paper measured a correlation but whether that implies causation is anyone's guess. The paper argued one direction, I argued the other direction, but both explanations fit the data which just shows that we don't know yet if there is causation.