>>11976734>Why is autism more common in males than females?It's due to the important role testosterone plays in the brain of the developing fetus. When boys experience a higher level of testosterone than normal - that affects the wiring and causes autism. The level of testosterone in utero correlates with an interest in things rather than people.
Fetal Testosterone and Sex Differences in Typical Social Development and in Autism - Journal of Child Neurology, October 1, 2006, Rebecca Christine Knickmeyer, Simon Baron-Cohen
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08830738060210101601Girls who have been exposed to high levels of testosterone in utero show the same pattern of behaviour and toy preferences as boys. The elevated level of fetal testosterone from week 8 to 24 influences the way brain structures are wired (specifically it affects local grey matter volume of various brain regions - which differ between men and women). What's more that difference seems to be permanent.
http://www.math.kth.se/matstat/gru/5b1501/F/sex.pdfBoys are more likely to experience high levels of testosterone in utero. Young primates show the same gender preferences towards toys as human children, and if you increase the level of testosterone in utero, female primate show male toy preferences.
Sex differences in rhesus monkey toy preferences parallel those of children. (The same difference occurs in other primate species too).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583786/Autism is a very popular condition so naturally feminists are upset that it's not an 'equal opportunity' condition. It's very rare in females so the current trend is to label completely different conditions as 'autism' to 'boost the numbers'.
