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Autistic children are still socialized. Not being as good at picking up on gender stereotypes has nothing to do with how you're treated by other people, or how you respond to it.

The point is: Girls are socialized to have greater empathy. We know this. It is part of the socialization of girls vs boys. Whether they are also naturally better at it or not is completely irrelevant to my statement that boys need more empathy development. It's a skill, like anything else, and it can be taught. And like any other skill, some people will struggle with it and some won't.