Female Sensing Better than Male

[Ragnahawk]

I don't have the video, but it was some video where they had a bunch of females smell clothes to find their suitable mate. It was stated that females have better senses. I have also heard that females are better at shooting a gun and they are more reactive to pain. I'm wondering if this means females on the spectrum have double sensory power. It might explain why females are the ones typically posting threads complaining about smells. (Might be that I just don't know how to look, I'm bad at details.)

 

[Keigan]

When in doubt, there are plenty of internet search engines available to help collect reference. Obviously, who knows if what is found is valid or not.

 

[Gracey]

I don't have the video, but it was some video where they had a bunch of females smell clothes to find their suitable mate. It was stated that females have better senses. I have also heard that females are better at shooting a gun and they are more reactive to pain. I'm wondering if this means females on the spectrum have double sensory power. It might explain why females are the ones typically posting threads complaining about smells. (Might be that I just don't know how to look, I'm bad at details.)

It's an interesting thought.
A sense of smell is important for new born mammals to locate mums' milk (before they can see, hear or feel her properly)

 

[Ylva]

I like the term "sensory power". Makes it sound like we're Wolverine.

 

[Ragnahawk]

I like the term "sensory power". Makes it sound like we're Wolverine.

Or Spiderman.

Who knows. It may be that female Aspy's are untrained super heroes. They got the shooting, sensing, what else is needed?

 

[OkRad]

So funny I was thinking about this just yesterday! I have a historical perspective here. Women have been made for thousands of years to sit around and weave and cook and do things that require silence and meditation. They might get beat on and have to remain silent.

The female brain evolved around meditiation and figuring while the male brain around violence and warfare.

To me, all the meditation has made F very sensitive.

PS I know all men are NOT violent. I am just saying as a whole we evolved in different paths and womens path was much more held down, but her brain was NOT held down.....the brain goes on and on.........

 

[Ragnahawk]

So funny I was thinking about this just yesterday! I have a historical perspective here. Women have been made for thousands of years to sit around and weave and cook and do things that require silence and meditation. They might get beat on and have to remain silent.

The female brain evolved around meditiation and figuring while the male brain around violence and warfare.

To me, all the meditation has made F very sensitive.

PS I know all men are NOT violent. I am just saying as a whole we evolved in different paths and womens path was much more held down, but her brain was NOT held down.....the brain goes on and on.........

What about the Aspies that turn gay because they can be accepted socially? They act like opposite gender, and probably don't care for violence. My thought is that people are a product of their environment. I'm sure in Russia they probably have more violent females than males. (maybe, don't quote me on that)

Could be a combination of the two. I have to point out though. The way people treat evolution they don't really compare to say, animals and insects. If someone could test animals to see if abilities like that increase from heritage.

 

[Sid Delicious]

I'm not sure if it's a female thing or an aspie thing, but my sense of smell is far too intense a lot of the time (and hormones definitely make it worse). Certain scents that I normally love (garlic, wet paint, onion) will make me gag if I have pms.

I'm also attracted (or not) to people based on their scent, regardless of any perfume or deodorants they wear over it. I'm not sure if it's a pheromone thing, but I can find someone I see online drop dead gorgeous and get on really well with them, but the moment I meet them in person they could smell 'wrong' and all attraction is gone instantly. Not in a 'haven't washed in weeks' wrong, but their scent just doesn't click. For example, my family all smell 'wrong' to me, so even if we were separated at birth I would never be attracted to them if we met. I can still recall vividly the scent of my exes (better than I can their face!).

I should add that I also have sound-texture-colour synesthesia, so maybe that effects other senses? I'm not sure how it works.

 

[Mia]

My sense of taste and smell is very good. There have been studies that indicate that a good proportion of females have forty percent more cells in the olfactory bulb than men. And that about 35 % of women and 15 % of men have more actual taste buds on their tongues than others.

 

[Crossbreed]

For example, my family all smell 'wrong' to me, so even if we were separated at birth I would never be attracted to them if we met.

Those that study pheromones believe that is one of their functions, inbreeding avoidance. It isn't that our family members smell bad, but familiar and "ineligible" for our romantic consideration. I like how my oldest daughter's hair (not shampoo) smells, but not in a romantic way. It's because she's my baby.

I believe that the parent-child relationship is the second strongest human bond that there is (after marriage).

 

[Sid Delicious]

Yeah, that makes sense. Good to know I'm not a weirdo!

 

[Gracey]

I haven't thought about it till now but yes I know my children's smell.
(Also their finger, toes and nail shape, eyebrow hair growth pattern, nostril and ear lobe shaping ...wow)

I think everyone has there own smell though.(not washing powder or perfume or deodorant or shampoo but just plain skin)

Some dogs I've spent time with have a very different scent when they've been stressing for a little while.

 

[Crossbreed]

I think everyone has there own smell though.(not washing powder or perfume or deodorant or shampoo but just plain skin)

Some of that is affected by diet. If old war movies are to be believed, special forces used to prep for action by eating their target's cuisine so the enemy wouldn't smell the Americans when they were nearby.

Col. Cal Rhodes: [Introducing the Vietnamese cook to the men at the Texas training camp] Oh, this is Mr. Ky. We'll be eating nothing but Vietnamese food from now on.

Col. Cal Rhodes: [All the men groan disapprovingly] We don't want to be tramping through the jungles, smelling like Americans.