Autistic Women Are Being Hunted On Dating Apps

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19 million people watched a woman ask permission to buy juice 🧃 and called it ✨relationship goals✨. Turns out it's a little mystery involving a dangerous new dating trend, the manosphere, an OF funnel and a horrifying statistic...

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📚 References & Sources:
- Cazalis, Reyes, Leduc & Gourion (2022). Evidence That Nine Autistic Women Out of Ten Have Been Victims of Sexual Violence. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.852203/full
- Gibbs et al. (2022). The Extent and Nature of Autistic People's Violence Experiences During Adulthood. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10465381/
- Douglas & Sedgewick (2024). Experiences of interpersonal victimization and abuse among autistic people. Autism, 28(7): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37842827/
- Michael Gill (2015). Already Doing It: Intellectual Disability and Sexual Agency. University of Minnesota Press
- Stevenson, Harp & Gernsbacher (2011). Infantilizing Autism. Disability Studies Quarterly
- Dazed (Oct 2025). Why are men fetishising autistic women on dating apps?: https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/68872/1/men-fetishising-autistic-women-on-dating-apps-bumble-hinge-love-relationships
- Epigram (Mar 2026). My autism should not be why you want to date me: https://epigram.org.uk/autism-not-why-you-want-date-hinge/
- PressPeaK. Diagnosis Or Dating Appeal?: https://www.presspeak.co.in/diagnosis-or-dating-appeal.html
- Milly Evans (@itsmillyevans) — autistic sex educator, quoted in Dazed
- Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere (Netflix, Mar 2026)

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:41 Sponsored Segment
01:53 Autistic GF POV
03:45 The Pickup Artist (PUA) and the Manosphere
08:02 What does "Slightly Autistic" mean for dating?
08:47 Why are men fetishising autistic women on dating apps?
10:53 'tism rizz
11:56 The Plot Twist
13:49 The Danger
21:28 Lady Frith
22:06 The Down Syndrome Trend
22:41 What happens when misinformation comes from the outside
18:14 Healthy Relationships (Transactional Analysis)
20:25 "Free vs Adapted Child" (Ego States)
22:51 What's next...