Simone Collins: IVF, Embryo Selection, Dating on the Spectrum, and Pronatalism — #34
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The Problem With Being Interested in Autistic Women
When I was growing up, there would be a subset of girls that those guys found sort of uniquely appealing or attractive. And part of it could be that those were the slightly aspie girls. So then they the boys felt like, Oh, I could just fall into a kind of natural slightly more male centric conversation with them. But in our modern society so little is taught about dating and gender interactions that unless you're very explicit with the young autistic woman, she will have no idea that you're interested even if you're really coming on.
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