Faculty of Health, School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia.
School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Dec;49(12):4834-4846. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04204-9.
Current understandings of the sexuality of autistic females have been predominantly drawn from qualitative studies. This study aimed to quantitatively examine the sexual functioning of autistic females (N = 135), by comparing these to the sexual interest, behaviours, and experiences to 96 autistic males and 161 typically developing females. Autistic females reported less sexual interest, yet more experiences than autistic males. More autistic females also reported engaging in sexual behaviours that were later regretted, unwanted, or receiving unwanted sexual advances. Differences between autistic and typically developing females were significant. Results indicate that due to a mismatch between less sexual interest, yet increased sexual behaviours, autistic women are at greater risk of negative sexual experiences including victimisation and abuse than autistic men.
目前对自闭症女性性行为的理解主要来自于定性研究。本研究旨在通过将 135 名自闭症女性与 96 名自闭症男性和 161 名典型发展女性的性兴趣、行为和经历进行比较，定量研究自闭症女性的性功能。自闭症女性报告的性兴趣较少，但性经历较多。更多的自闭症女性也报告说她们从事了后来感到后悔、不想要或收到不想要的性挑逗的性行为。自闭症女性和典型发展女性之间存在显著差异。结果表明，由于性兴趣较低，性行为增加，自闭症女性比自闭症男性更容易遭受负面性经历，包括受害和虐待。
