Autism is the result of a hyper masculine brain

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A major controversial theory of the etiology (cause) of ASD is known as the extreme male brain theory. The theory, first proposed by the world-famous autism researcher from the University of Cambridge, Simon Baron-Cohen, states that the primary cause of ASD is excessive exposure to androgens (male sex hormones) during prenatal development. Baron-Cohen does not claim that persons with ASD are more 'masculine' than neuro-typicals, a point often lost on laymen. Baron-Cohen merely asserts that this 'extreme' masculinity takes form in a deficit of empathy in ASD individuals, as well as an increase in their mental tendency to attempt to systematize information they receive from the external environment. He states this is a major cause of the obsessional interests and social deficits displayed by those with the disorder. Baron-Cohen found support for his theory via analysis of the amniotic fluid of children who were later diagnosed with ASD, which found evidence of elevated androgens (androstenedione and testosterone) in the placental fluid.[23] However, the relationship between these factors is likely complex, as later studies have also found evidence of elevated levels of estrogens in the prenatal environment of those later diagnosed with autism[24]. This is likely partially due to the activity of the enzyme aromatase in the placenta, converting some of the androgens to estrogens, as there is animal evidence that prenatal estrogens can have a "paradoxical" masculinizing effect in the right context.

The complementary imprinted brain theory puts psychotic spectrum disorders (such as schizophrenia) on the opposite end of a spectrum from ASD, purportedly resulting from a conflict in the genomic imprinting between paternal and maternal genes, with extreme genomic imprinting in favor of paternal genes being associated with ASD.[25] This also corresponds with sex differences in empathizing vs systematizing[26] which find females are generally higher in empathizing and males highest in systematizing. Autistic individuals of both sexes typically display a more masculinized behavioral phenotype in terms of systematizing/empathizing. These developmental theories are not necessarily mutually exclusive with the theories of ASD that attribute the etiology of the disorder to greater mutational load.[27]
 
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Notice how this argument is backed by facts & studies.

Not ‘fratbots are NT cope’ :feelsuhh:
 
I have autism indeed
 
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@PrinceLuenLeoncur u hav autism btw, no one can know so much about history without asd
 
@PrinceLuenLeoncur u hav autism btw, no one can know so much about history without asd
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Congratulations 🥳 🎉 and I know you’re a negro who likes em nice big and fluffy don’t you 😉
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My mind is masculine, my body is feminine and middle height in LATAM but short in the West.
 

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