Interesting article, I will need to think quite thoroughly about this for some time. In the meantime I hope I can bothered you with a quick question:
What is your gender?
This might seem irrelevant, silly (as perhaps it is easy to deduce from your handle for someone of a different background that me or because you mentioned it in some other post I haven’t read) or even offensive (it is certainly not meant that way), but I assure you that this is simply because I want to understand you better (in order to get part 1 to 3 right). It may seem not much can be derived from such information when dealing with unorthodox cognitive spaces or exploring the perspective of those who are neurodiverse in relation to me (and this post is arguably as much about the latter as the former), but every little bit helps me shift my estimation of the odds to where they should be. Actually on second thought I think simply the differential demographics of different kinds of neurodiversity and their interaction with society means gender is hugely important.
This is off-topic, for which I apologise, but I now find myself fascinated by the various ways in which gender is communicated. It seemed really very obvious indeed to me that Skatche was male; so much so I was vaguely susprised that the question had been asked.
I think it’s a combination of the split of experiences, different writing styles (men /do/ write differently than women) and LW being a very male-dominated environment.
Interesting article, I will need to think quite thoroughly about this for some time. In the meantime I hope I can bothered you with a quick question:
What is your gender?
This might seem irrelevant, silly (as perhaps it is easy to deduce from your handle for someone of a different background that me or because you mentioned it in some other post I haven’t read) or even offensive (it is certainly not meant that way), but I assure you that this is simply because I want to understand you better (in order to get part 1 to 3 right). It may seem not much can be derived from such information when dealing with unorthodox cognitive spaces or exploring the perspective of those who are neurodiverse in relation to me (and this post is arguably as much about the latter as the former), but every little bit helps me shift my estimation of the odds to where they should be. Actually on second thought I think simply the differential demographics of different kinds of neurodiversity and their interaction with society means gender is hugely important.
I’m male. I gather certain psychotic-spectrum disorders are more common in men than in women, so this doesn’t strike me as entirely irrelevant.
Thank you for the reply and again kudos for the thought provoking article.
This is off-topic, for which I apologise, but I now find myself fascinated by the various ways in which gender is communicated. It seemed really very obvious indeed to me that Skatche was male; so much so I was vaguely susprised that the question had been asked.
I think it’s a combination of the split of experiences, different writing styles (men /do/ write differently than women) and LW being a very male-dominated environment.