Snowwombat

Women make up the majority of Cluster B personality diagnosis.

Cluster B is the over all group which has Borderline, Narcissistic, Histrionic, and Anti Social (aka Psychopaths) personality disorders.

https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2007/10/the_diagnosis_of_bor...

That article is interesting, in that it seems that the professionals have issues separating out the conditions.

At least 2 of the cases in linked article were more likely Narcissists, that borderlines.

I've dealt with borderlines, Narcissists and Histrionics, in a professional setting over the years, and they are pretty easy for me to spot now.

Pretty much the chunks of the articles that show that women can at least adapt and have the ability do "fake" social function.

Yes it's very draining in some cases, but at least they can hold down a job, and function as a "normal" adult for the most part. On top of that people and employers are more than willing to make all the required accommodations when asked.

I work in engineering / IT as well as being a geek so I run into ASD guys pretty much daily and they get no accommodations and are usually brute forced into complying with the required norms, or they get fired.

Even the most simple accommodations like a bit of work hour flexibly and working from home are not even entertained in most cases.

They stick them in open plan offices, 8am to 6pm and brute force social interaction on them which is the opposite of what they need.

I do know a few other female ASD people, and they themselves acknowledge that they get way better treatment and help then their ASD male friends.

IT devops here, Australia, also worked in Electronic engineering, as well, about 20 years experience all up.

Stimulants are heavily abused,usually various forms of legal ones like Dexi Amphetamine, Adderall, Vyvance etc

You get the occasional cocaine user, but not a lot of meth heads, they tend to burn out fast.

There is a pretty big work hard / play hard culture so a lot of drinking after hours, and party drugs during the times we have off. (Cocaine, MDMA)

Not a huge amount of weed smokers in IT Devops, not much use of drugs like LSD.

"Asteroid to destroy earth! Women most affected!"

Articles like this annoy the hell out of me, because it implies that men with Autism have it better somehow.

I would argue that society is WAY more forgiving of "strange" women than it is towards men of a similar strange level.

This coming from a guy married to a high functioning ASD woman.