*"This is less of an issue for female stutterers."* You're kidding me, right? You think the insecurity, anxiety and lack of confidence related to stuttering is somehow less of a problem for female stutters? "Both genders are attracted to different things." Please, *please* tell me you're not insinuating that men are only looking for physical attraction and, thus, our dating realities aren't the same. Because that's the vibe I get from this. Men, shockingly, are also attracted to confidence. Who do you think is most likely to get a date - the girl who can walk up to a guy and ask him out or the one who can't order a latte without blocking five times? No matter how outwardly confident the female stutterer is, it's still an issue in her dating life. It's still a problem to build herself up to talk to a man, to connect with him, to communicate with him. The impact on dating is exactly the same. Men and women who stutter likely have the exact same problems when dating - lack of confidence, having a hard time expressing themselves, communication issues. The list goes on, especially when trying to find a long-term partner. Both sexes are worrying about the same thing - "can this person accept my speech as a part of me and love me regardless?" The unfortunate insinuation I get from this comment is that female stutterers somehow don't need the same confidence that men do to date, that we can rely on something else -- our physical beauty, perhaps -- to reel in a partner. That theory might be just fine for one night stands, but for long-term relationships, it's a damn insult. Stuttering has the same negative effect on confidence for women as it does for men and it can absolutely, 100% change the way potential partners look at you.