Gender and Religion: Getting in Touch with the Feminine

[fringekitty]

While doing some research on autism spectrum disorders, I happened to notice in several sources that although such conditions, which include autism, asperger's and other developmental disorders, appear more predominantly among men, women who had the disorder seemed to have some variant of the x chromosome, one of the pair was damaged or was missing

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My daughter

[pauzhaan]

She's 19yo, TS mosaic. Diagnosed through amnio

Re: My daughter

[fringekitty]

Someone dear to me has Turner's Syndrome also. I can see the social difficulties she has, but she doesn't seem to be very aware of them, so for her they aren't difficulties at all. It seems if she were to fit that chromosome profile as was discussed in the research I referenced above, she should be lacking in empathy, which she is not. However, she does lack the ability to express that empathy well in a social fashion. She is also a very spiritual person, which also doesn't seem to jive with the studies' implications.

Regardless of where the science is regarding gender, chromosomes and personality, I do think such study gives us food for thought. One of these days, children will be taught about all the different combinations of gender, from x to xx to xxy to xy to xyy. Kind of makes assigning gender roles on the basis of "male" and "female" a bit obsolete.

The influence of a stable, involved and intact family cannot be discounted. I couldn't agree more!

Re: My daughter

[pauzhaan]

Have you seen the tv show, "The Sarah Connor Chronicles"? There is a "terminator", sent to protect the teenage John Connor. The terminator, Cameron, is a beautiful girl, about 18 in appearance