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344. Neurodivergence with Alison Spittle and Fern Brady

The Guilty Feminist

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Being Autistic Feels Like a Blackout Night

Autistic women are socially coded to mask in a way that men tend not to be because of something what I call at man-sheveling. A woman has to be really turned out in some way or another to get responsibility, but if a man comes in with odd socks and a dirty raincoat and stares at the floor, people just go, oh he must be a genius, give him an operative direct. So I feel like we get the sort of sharp end of it would be for all non-autistic women to read. If you've ever been on a night out where you got blackout drunk and have laughed the next day as your friends tell you all the stupid stuff you

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