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I think it is generally understood that such articles are about averages. Your existence has no bearing on the proportions of boys vs girls who display certain
by Tichy 13y ago
I think it is generally understood that such articles are about averages. Your existence has no bearing on the proportions of boys vs girls who display certain behaviors. If there are on average gender differences in behavior, it makes sense to look into that. And if the typical behavior of one gender is taken as a desirable baseline, then it can be a problem for the other gender.
I agree that it would be a problem if the same kind of behavior would be categorized as "she has ADHD or autism" in girls and "it's just boys being boys" in boys.
Just curious, how did the ADHD diagnosis make your life better?
- tekalon 13y agoI don't know about the parent comment you are asking- for me, ADD diagnosis all my life helped me understand my quirks. Why I'm impulsive, why I have trouble concentrating (especially in XYZ environment). Knowing what to google or ask councilor for help with. It helped my parents raise me since they were able to work with my quirks. My sister has autism and was diagnosed in her early twenties. Same with my husband. They are under that high functional Aspergers spectrum that the article author is describing - intelligent, introverted, few behavior/social quirks. From what both of them have told me, having that 'name' they can attribute their quirkiness helps them deal and manage rather than a vague 'being weird/different/wrong' feeling otherwise.