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Strangely enough, my autistic 5 year old is VERY "girly" - mores than her older sister - and there's literally no way that it can be by anything other than nature. She's still mostly non-verbal and entirely demand avoidant (i.e. Stubborn as ****, she knows exactly what she wants and when and makes it very clear ). She simply adores anything girly / sparkly / dresses / princesses / my little pony etc and it's completely untaught. Her learning disability is such that it can ONLY be untaught. Which does make me think that there have to be inherent gender differences that have nothing to do with socialisation because, basically, until she started school she wasnt really socialised beyond a very basic level... And all of her classmates are mostly non-verbal, and she's the only girl. Still girly as they come .