Masking isn't the reason girls don't get diagnosed

I feel like the idea that women don't get diagnosed as children because we mask better is a cop out. I had very observable autistic behaviours as a undiagnosed girl. They wrote in my school report that I didn't manage change well, and would have inappropriate reactions to unexpected situations. They wrote that I needed to explain my feelings rather than having "violent outbursts". I would hit other kids aswell when I was angry, so it wasn't like my behaviours weren't disruptive.

I obviously wasn't masking well if all of that was picked up on by my teachers. I'm pretty sure If I was male demonstrating those same behaviours I would have been diagnosed at that age (around 6 or 7), rather than at 25. They even sent an educational psychologist in to observe me and nothing came of it.