>I'm glad to hear that you've come to realize your opinions were harmful and dismissive and that you were open to changing that. Yes. I'm glad the OP posted this and brought this to my attention. I've been able to learn a lot from this after reading though many of the post here. >So many men seem to not even think women are human enough to be impacted by that on the same level that men are. It sucks. Can you go into this more? What experiences has made you think this? From what I'm understanding here, you're saying that even apart from dating, men seem to think females aren't affected as much from living with a stutter? I can't think of any logical reason why any rational man could think this. In fact it might be even worse due to female to female dynamics ie. gossip being directed at you and not being able to explain yourself in the moment, exclusion from the friend group/ isolation, feeling like you can't call up your home gurls. From understanding, being able to chat with your girlfriends for hours on end and building / maintaining strong relationships is a huge part of the female experience?