This is weird. Has nothing to do with friendships. I have male and female friends and acquaintances that I enjoy being around, so it's not that at all.
I know that all my life I have not liked female singers in general. It's more of an aversion. I don't know why. It's no different than my aversion to celery - well, not as bad as celery. I will recognize they have talent and I can tolerate it, but I just don't care to listen to female singers. If it's just me, I'll switch to a different song. Maybe it's just the higher pitch - although I'm the same with Johnny Cash and Tom Jones.
When I'm working jigsaw puzzles, I don't like the puzzles with people in the picture. @Sherlock77 I loved your photographs and the people in your photos told a story, but while looking at them I realized I preferred the photos with people at a distance more and I found myself, in some photos, trying to look past the people. More so when the subject is female. I like the old cowboys with wrinkled faces and nothing appeals to me more than a man's smile lines around his eyes. So maybe it has to do with the lack of wrinkles and imperfections.
Wait - I think it's the faces. This sounds terrible, but just like I don't like female singers, I also don't like female faces.
And, no, it's not a phobia or anything like that. It's just like not liking a certain color or a certain food. I don't like orange, so there is nothing orange in my house. I don't like female voices, so there are no cd's or albums of female singers here, just like there will not be orchestra or bluegrass. I just thought it was a weird dislike. I don't know if the autism has anything to do with it or not. I do know we have very strong likes or dislikes, so I do accredit that much to autism. With anything (purses, shoes, outfits) I either really like something or really hate it and there is no in between.
I know that all my life I have not liked female singers in general. It's more of an aversion. I don't know why. It's no different than my aversion to celery - well, not as bad as celery. I will recognize they have talent and I can tolerate it, but I just don't care to listen to female singers. If it's just me, I'll switch to a different song. Maybe it's just the higher pitch - although I'm the same with Johnny Cash and Tom Jones.
When I'm working jigsaw puzzles, I don't like the puzzles with people in the picture. @Sherlock77 I loved your photographs and the people in your photos told a story, but while looking at them I realized I preferred the photos with people at a distance more and I found myself, in some photos, trying to look past the people. More so when the subject is female. I like the old cowboys with wrinkled faces and nothing appeals to me more than a man's smile lines around his eyes. So maybe it has to do with the lack of wrinkles and imperfections.
Wait - I think it's the faces. This sounds terrible, but just like I don't like female singers, I also don't like female faces.
And, no, it's not a phobia or anything like that. It's just like not liking a certain color or a certain food. I don't like orange, so there is nothing orange in my house. I don't like female voices, so there are no cd's or albums of female singers here, just like there will not be orchestra or bluegrass. I just thought it was a weird dislike. I don't know if the autism has anything to do with it or not. I do know we have very strong likes or dislikes, so I do accredit that much to autism. With anything (purses, shoes, outfits) I either really like something or really hate it and there is no in between.
But all my family likes female singers so it's not a right or wrong thing, even as a child I didn't care for female voices. When my dad would be watching variety shows and a female singer would come on, I'd try to cover my ears in a way it wouldn't be obvious.
