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Probably because they're often very much under the radar (autistic women don't always fit the model of autism since the criteria was made based on the observation of autistic men and boys) and they're more likely to be gender non-conforming due to the nature of restrictiveness and discomfort that women's clothing and footwear have. For what it's worth, I bought into the whole TQ bullshit when it was first gaining speed, thinking I was genderfluid because I would wear more masculine clothing some days and more feminine clothing other days.

Thankfully I changed my mind, but I worry for the autistic women who gain an obsessive interest in TQ ideology and buy into it wholeheartedly, knowing how difficult and nigh impossible it is to change a special (or obsessive) interest. (I apologise for the essay length response :/)