Autism comes with a stereotype: shy, awkward, obsessed with tech, decidedly male. It’s an image that erases the many girls and women who are autistic, but it also reflects the reality that far more boys than girls have a diagnosis. Several studies put that sex ratio at about 3 to 1; among psychiatric conditions, only […]
The Verge recently wrote about the dangers of misinformation on one of TikTok’s most popular topics: sex education – or how the app would censor it as “Seggs Education.” The advent of 15-second videos on everything from sexual wellbeing to kinks has given teens a perspective on sex that is rare in traditional sex education […]
Imbalanced Characteristics: Animals with mutated ADNP have motor difficulties that are more pronounced in female mice. Photography by Rick Dahms Mice with a mutation in an autism-related gene called ADNP show gender-specific changes in gene expression, behavior, and other traits, a new study shows. The mice can mimic some of the traits seen in humans […]
The third season of Netflix’s “Sex Education” starts off as you’d expect from the title: Lots of people have sex. This more graphic opener sets the tone for a season about sex positivity with a characteristically slippery humor that leaves the audience pleasantly surprised by the tumultuous season ahead. While Sex Education lives up to […]
Sex Education is back with a bang. Several, in fact. The Netflix hit’s third series starts with an epic sex montage. There’s sex in a car; in a living room; in a variety of teenage bedrooms. There are casual encounters, committed relationships, sex together, alone, virtually, playing the drums and with a sci-fi theme. It […]
Gender balance: The relationship between autism and various concurrent conditions such as anxiety or ADHD is stronger in women, according to a new study. Rawpixel.com / Adobe Stock The likelihood that an autistic person will have another condition correlates strongly with the age at which they were diagnosed with autism. Also, according to a new […]
