moved

and because i'm an asshole, i decided to look into why so many autistic folks are trans/nb. it's not an inaccurate statement, at least the first half, but terfs lie through their teeth so i decided to get to the scientific root of it.

the answer blew my fucking mind.

the study on gender and autism i found said two very specific things about autistic people: we are more mentally resistant to things like social conditioning and binarism. we like our secret third things, y'know.

an excerpt:

“The finding that non-binary identities are most elevated seems to support hypotheses focussed on autistic resistance to social conditioning, which are consistent with existing evidence of the same effect with respect to self-description of sexual orientation. Perhaps elevated rates of trans identity in autism might result from a rejection of the binary cisgenderist norm, which combined with a below-typical concern for social norms could promote the disclosure of the identity.”

94% of autistics surveyed for that paper identified themselves as non-binary.

other studies have found autistic people have higher levels of critical thinking, and require more evidence to maintain or convert to a belief system (hence why many of us eventually fall away from religion) than allistic people.

which means, at least from my perspective, that:

a) the 'brainwashing' terfs are accusing the trans community of inflicting on autistic folks would likely not even work if they tried.

b) the current binary definition of gender flies directly against embedded autistic modes of thinking to begin with.

I am going to be moving accounts. by the end of the month, I will no longer be using this one to post and interact, and will slowly unfollow the lot of you from here (I recommend you do the same). but don't worry, I will re-follow you from my new account, I will not reveal its name yet but you will know it's me.

I just feel like it's time I start over and make something new that better expresses myself, somewhere to put the things I make and enjoy moreso than what I have here and now.

(i’m counting languages where you took one class for a semester if you retained any of it congrats you are a little multilingual)

Biologist: Can't do math

Theoretical Physicist: Can’t do anything but math

Geologist: Rock collection addict

Military Scientist: Meet the Engineer TF2

Archeologist: Thinks about the Roman Empire more times a day than most men think about sex 

Sexologist: Thinks about sex more times a day than most men think about the Roman Empire

Chemist: A pyromaniac and/or is very fun at parties

Science Communicator: Is only fun at parties when everyone else there are nerds

Mycologist/Entomologist: They are VERY interested and passionate about gross things and THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM

I am going to be moving accounts. by the end of the month, I will no longer be using this one to post and interact, and will slowly unfollow the lot of you from here (I recommend you do the same). but don't worry, I will re-follow you from my new account, I will not reveal its name yet but you will know it's me.

I just feel like it's time I start over and make something new that better expresses myself, somewhere to put the things I make and enjoy moreso than what I have here and now.

I am going to be moving accounts. by the end of the month, I will no longer be using this one to post and interact, and will slowly unfollow the lot of you from here (I recommend you do the same). but don't worry, I will re-follow you from my new account, I will not reveal its name yet but you will know it's me.

I just feel like it's time I start over and make something new that better expresses myself, somewhere to put the things I make and enjoy moreso than what I have here and now.

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